[quote]I wonder how Texas would feel if we pulled all of the federal aid they receive. Pull out the border patrol, all federal troops, close down all federal bases, close down the Johnson Space center, stop hurricane relief aid rebuilding efforts, and “build the fence!” between Texas and the rest of the United States. Does Texas think that we’d let any water from the Rio Grande go beyond Las Cruces? Do they have the money and the manpower to enforce the border with Mexico? I hate to break it to them, but a bunch of Minutemen in RVs building chain link fences isn’t going to do the job. Is this really the road that Texas wants to go down?[/quote]
This is partly true – but also consider that Texas is a tax “donor” state, which means that it traditionally pays slightly more in federal taxes than receives in federal spending. So all those things you mentioned, from border patrol to Katrina rebuilding, are indirectly paid by Texans.
