Texas would be better off
as a free republic in many ways. First, the taxes paid to the federal
government by Texas would now be staying in Texas. In 2007, this
amounted to $225,390,904,000 . The most recent Texas State budget
amounted to $182,000,000,000. By shifting the location to where these
tax monies go, Texas could operate effectively on the monies
currently paid in taxes to the federal government without increasing
any taxes itself. The monies currently collected for Texas's use
could then be used to pay down debt and national defense.
As a republic Texas could
protect its own borders effectively and set up a sound immigration
policy to replace the current federally-mandated one. Texas would
also be free to deport illegal immigrants. A Lone Star republic would
also be able to refuse services to illegal immigrants, which
currently drains State resources to the tune of $4.3 billion
annually. A refusal of services to illegal aliens and their families
would force them into a track of seeking legal immigration status.
Texas needs population growth. With Texas in control of immigration
policy, the future of her demographic make-up could be managed in
Austin rather than in Washington, DC. This means that the needs of
Texas would take priorities over political paybacks to ungrateful
nations whose children we school and immigrants we are forced to
absorb under the US plan. Presently, unfunded federal mandates cost
Texas over $4 billion each year. This kind of burden hurts
educational effectiveness and slows economic growth.
In terms of national
defense, Texas could provide the manpower to protect its national
interests. Rather than having our sons and daughters fighting
imperialistic wars, they would be kept in Texas to protect our
sovereignty and borders. With Texas as a free republic, there would
not be obligations or treaties to protect other overseas nations
unless Texans wanted there to be. By going independent, we would keep
out of foreign entanglements and wars. Texas sons and daughters would
not have to die in jungles and deserts around the world based on
fuzzy foreign policy or defending a UN agenda.
Regarding technology, the
fighter airplane plants in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and other
factories would provide Texas with state-of-the-art defensive
capabilities, including combat vehicles, missiles, ships, and
avionics. Presently 65% of the united States defense contractors are
located in Texas. When a policy of defense rather than offense is
sought, the type of weapons needs also change. Texas could become the
world leader in military technology.
