If Texas became it’s own nation, it would probably become a cross between Russia and Switzerland. It would quickly develop a highly centralized oligarchy, basically operating off of oil and gas exports, while still having good relationships with it’s larger neighbors and have beneficial tax policies.
It would become a great safe place for super rich people to hide money while it’s actual population declines economically.
The biggest difference is that the state is still controlled by the federal government. If it wasn’t subservient to the US Federal government then a lot of things about it would have to change.
It would be a completely different place. I imagine it would closely resemble a Christian version of Turkey in a lot of ways.
Reasonably accurate. Most people don’t understand that the regions of Texas are pretty diverse, except maybe politically. The state has taken such a turn for religious monarchy in the past few years, I barely recognize the Texas of my youth. I miss the actual weirdness of Austin, the plucky Ann Richard’s type democrats, the lack of tech bros, the country feeling like the country instead of suburbs of the nearest city.
It’s just one dude and that’s not going anywhere. It would require agreement of not only New Mexico (which is a non starter) and the federal government, which is equally not going to happen.
The most powerful elected official in the state, who won his election by a very clear majority, is representative of the state. I agree it’s not going to happen, but it’s not like it wouldn’t if they had the power to.
Yeah cross-state county annexation fantasies happen anywhere that a blue state borders a red state. They’d never happen, not only would the donor state have to willingly give up perfectly good land and taxpayers and the recipient state accept, the federal government would have to approve the change.
If Texas became it’s own nation, it would probably become a cross between Russia and Switzerland. It would quickly develop a highly centralized oligarchy, basically operating off of oil and gas exports, while still having good relationships with it’s larger neighbors and have beneficial tax policies.
It would become a great safe place for super rich people to hide money while it’s actual population declines economically.
I don’t know much about Texas. Is this meaningfully different from how it is now?
The biggest difference is that the state is still controlled by the federal government. If it wasn’t subservient to the US Federal government then a lot of things about it would have to change.
It would be a completely different place. I imagine it would closely resemble a Christian version of Turkey in a lot of ways.
Nope. Pretty much all already checked off. Though those “beneficial tax policies” are only for the wealthy of course just to be clear.
“Texas” is not a monolith. It’s like five different states staple-gunned together.
And then gerrymandered to shit
Reasonably accurate. Most people don’t understand that the regions of Texas are pretty diverse, except maybe politically. The state has taken such a turn for religious monarchy in the past few years, I barely recognize the Texas of my youth. I miss the actual weirdness of Austin, the plucky Ann Richard’s type democrats, the lack of tech bros, the country feeling like the country instead of suburbs of the nearest city.
“staple-gunned” there is a word for that. stapled.
The city state of Dallas-Fort Worth, home of corporate headquarters.
They’re already trying to annex counties from New Mexico
“They” are not.
It’s just one dude and that’s not going anywhere. It would require agreement of not only New Mexico (which is a non starter) and the federal government, which is equally not going to happen.
The most powerful elected official in the state, who won his election by a very clear majority, is representative of the state. I agree it’s not going to happen, but it’s not like it wouldn’t if they had the power to.
Yeah cross-state county annexation fantasies happen anywhere that a blue state borders a red state. They’d never happen, not only would the donor state have to willingly give up perfectly good land and taxpayers and the recipient state accept, the federal government would have to approve the change.
Half my family lives in NM, and I just returned yesterday from a month there.
No one in New Mexico wants this or even takes it seriously. All the news reports are laughing at it.