RE: Texas looks to follow UK's example
June 27, 2016 at 3:56 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2016 at 3:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 27, 2016 at 3:51 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(June 27, 2016 at 3:49 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Probably could, today. The states GDP is bigger than most countries.
Perhaps not, after certain business interests who are better off with the union than a breakaway state withdraw.
It's not that I disagree...but you could cut Texas' GDP -in half- and it would still be bigger than alot of countries we don't exactly think of as shitholes. To my mind, that only highlights the idiocy of secessionist dreams....regardless of who may harbor them or what body they seek to leave. It would be a bad idea for them...and they're better off than the majority of soveriegn nations by a wide margin.
I know that brits don't appreciate the comparison, but they've just ran out the stars and bars, and from the outside...that much is obvious, as is where this decision will lead.
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