Texas Republican party makes secession from the US part of its platform

First, there is no mechanism for secession in the Constitution, and the Texas v. White decision affirmed that once a state joins the union, it's permanent.

However, let's assume secession is possible. Here are some of the issues that would come up:

1. Texas would have to compensate the U.S. for any federal property (such as military bases), or pay to move them.

2. Texas would be required to take on their proportion of the national debt.

3. Texas residents who preferred to live in the U.S. would need their moving expenses reimbursed.

4. Diplomatic and trade agreements would have to be negotiated. For example, all of the Mexican agricultural workers in the southern, midwestern, and northeastern states on H-2A visas come through Texas. The farmers and contractors who hire them are responsible for their transit costs. It would be much more expensive if they had to be routed around Texas, so there would have to be an arrangement to allow them to transit across Texas.

5. Texas would also have to negotiate agreements with other countries.

I would love to hear Abbott's explanation when Beto asks him about this at the debates.

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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

I say let the whole South go, right along the Mason-Dixon line. Let the right wing shitasses who are still crying about losing the last election get the fuck out of my country.

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bijouxbroussard · F

@BohemianBabe What gives you the right to use that word, any form of it ?

BohemianBabe · M

@bijouxbroussard I'm black. JK. Anyone can use the word, because what actually matters is context.

bijouxbroussard · F

@BohemianBabe Wrong. It’s a word that originated here with white racists using it to disparage black people…and guess what ? It’s still used that way. Considering how you complain about racism against white people, you’re a hypocrite of the highest order to turn around and use the "n" word—in any context. 😡

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bijouxbroussard · F

@BohemianBabe Wait, you think you have the right to define a word in any form that black people have traditionally been called before they were lynched, castratrated, murdered ? And a word that people can still get fired or beaten up for using ? Not every black person is okay with you using it it. And any white person who feels the need to use it is revealing their racism.

BohemianBabe · M

@bijouxbroussard No, I think society defines words. Western society, and especially the black American community, has redefined the word. When people use the word, without the hard R, it's not being used in a racial way. You can disagree with the redefining, but this is simply what happens in language.
Should people also not use the word gyp anymore?

bijouxbroussard · F

@BohemianBabe Do you use the slurs for a Jewish person ? I bet you don’t dare. And they don’t use it to define themselves, because they have enough self-respect not to. Black people who use the term are lacking in self-respect. And white people who use it are risking a butt-kicking if they say it around the wrong person. These are facts. As long as the KKK still exists and still use the word freely, "society" hasn’t changed, and neither has what that word represents. But the bottom line is, you as a white person shouldn’t even want to use that term, much less be making elaborate excuses to do so, unless you are in fact a racist.

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