Let the Bastards Go
In the one-party State of Texas, the Republicans are now calling for a vote to secede from the United States. As the Republican party has an absolute lock on the State's government, it is almost inevitable that this vote will take place in 2023, as they are suggesting.
People who intend to secede from the United States have no long term interest in our country's welfare, and have no right to participate in any decision-making process on the Federal level. We should demand the following:
If the ruling Republican party does indeed commit itself to secession, the vote must be held immediately- no chance for them to milk the rest of us dry on the way out the door.
If the secession vote in Texas passes, we should immediately accede to their demand, and remove them from the United States. This means: no Senators or Congressmen from Texas; an immediate withdrawal of all US military from the State, an immediate cessation of all Federal assistance, monetary or in any other form, to the new country; imposition of strict border controls on Texas, similar to those which Republicans demand along the rest of our Southern border; revocation of citizenship for all Texans; strict tariffs imposed on all imports from Texas, and a whole host of other actions that we can think up.
I am positive that the intent of Texans is to continue to receive the massive benefits that come to them as citizens of the United States, while refusing to pay Federal taxes or otherwise cooperate with any Federal law they disagree with. This must not be allowed. If they secede, they must survive on their own, including providing for their own defense with no more assistance from the United States than Mexico or Argentina, for example, can expect. It must be made clear to Texans that if their new country is invaded, we will not lift a finger to defend them, except as that defense is in our own interest. When they become a threat to our own security, we will treat them like any other enemy country. Let them look to their new Russian friends to assist them when the inevitable internal or external threats arise.
Republicans have been threatening for years to take their ball and go home if they do not get exactly what they want in the way of a whites-only no-taxes society. It's time to give them a chance to see how that works out. They'd just better not expect us to take them back when things go to hell in their new fascist dictatorship.
Comments
1) 45% or so of the population of Texas consists of non-wingnuts, who would vote against secession, even if they lost (recall that Biden got more votes in Texas than in New York state). These people are US citizens whose rights the federal government has an obligation to protect. Some of them, such as blacks (about a quarter of Texas's population is black) might lose out severely if Texas became independent. It wouldn't be practical to evacuate all those people from Texas before it seceded. Imagine your own situation if at some time in the future a bare right-wing majority took California out of the US and your Social Security, etc were cut off.
2) An independent Texas could cause huge headaches by, for example, allying with Russia and China and inviting the stationing of those countries' military on its territory.
3) US nuclear weapons are manufactured in Texas (Amarillo).
4) Since there's no legal basis for allowing secession, there's no legal process for ending a state's participation in the federal government or cutting all the intricate ties that connect it with the rest of the country. We would better off making it clear that any effort at secession would be illegal and would be suppressed militarily, as in 1861-1865.
I'm sure you meant all this only semi-seriously, but issues like this are pretty complicated and intractable once one gets down into the details.