Okay, I saw this on the Ed Show, and I have no idea the details. All I know is the Texas governor is talking about secession. I am sold!!! Let them. Sign the paperwork before they have a chance to think through this. Hell, I'm even willing to support the idea of a border fence if Texas leaves.
I say we start a campaign for people seeking a true right wing paradise to move on down. Those people can even have George W Bush back in charge. Ron Paul can be their Secretary of Treasury. I mean 49 is a good number. It is a natural square. Think of all the sewing jobs created restarring the flag.
This would mean 34 less electoral votes for the Republicans. It would mean 2 less Republican senators, and 20 less Republicans in the House of Representatives. This would remove 25 million people from the governments responsibility. At 6.5% unemployment, that means there are 1,625,000 people we don't need to worry about finding jobs for. About a quarter of Texas lacks health insurance. This would solve 6 million of the 50 million uninsured overnight. Texas is also 49th in verbal SAT scores and 46th in math SAT scores. We would instantly improve our national education ranking.
I know some of you are going to complain about the loss of tax revenue. Texas has a 0.94 federal spending to tax revenue ratio. That means we would only lose $0.06 per tax dollar. Well worth it in my book.