Texit?
 

Where great Britons lead, lesser people will follow.

Putin backed news broad caster Russia Today has been televising a feature on the growing movement for an independant Texas.

The contention is that the political and economic union of the USA cannot be fixed, and that the best people to govern Texas are Texans.

I’m inclined to agree. In general I am for repatriating power to the people, and away from the state. I wonder how Septics would view their new Texan neighbours though. Would Trump re-route his wall, allowing Texas to become a vassal of Mexico? Texas is big on primary industry, is this enough for it to be self-supporting?

Would Septicemia be able to recruit enough Marines with Texas gone?

Would you be supportive of an indrpendant Texas, or even hope to become a citizen your self?

Texas has the size and economic diversity to allow it to make a go of it on their own. Whether a majority of Texans would ever choose that option is doubtful at best. If for no other reason than an independent Texas would have to assume responsibility for their own border security. This is a huge expense now covered by Federal dollars.

And given the Tweeter in Chiefs penchant for petty vindictiveness the retaliation for actually seceding could be painful.

And last, Texas was an independent republic for a brief time, they chose to join the union. Of course they left again some years later with the rest of the south, but that's another topic entirely.

Compared to the movement to free the United Kingdom of non-democratic federalist tyranny, "Texit" is a fledgling movement. By the time we see any real move toward strong support for this, Trump will be irrelevant.

The cost of border security is only relevant if the assumption continues that Mexicans are neither welcome, or needed. The United Kingdom has two land borders, one with Ireland, and one with Spain. Both are relatively relaxed compared with many international borders, and the economies and communities of all the nations benefit from this. Some 30 000 workers cross daily unhindered from Spain to work in Gibraltar, then go home at night. I'm sure you'll agree that the open border between Ireland and the United Kingdom benefits all the residents of the British Isles?

A Texas open to Mexican workers would enable them to cross daily to work, rather than having to sneak in and work illegally. It would attract investment, and also allow families to stay together rather than be split. The burden would still fall on the USA to secure its border if it felt necessary to continue to persecute Mexicans needlessly just to appease its voters.

It has to be said that Texas and some other Southern states do have some support for breaking away from "The North". It's a historical thing going back to the end of the Civil War. Bottom line is a lot of them don't like being governed from the North and they don't trust the Government.
It's a lot more complicated than that, I'm just giving a basis overview.

"They don't trust the government" seems to be the problem the world over.

I don't trust the government.