re: #207 jaunte

You can see from that how sincere Rick Perry is when he talks about seceding.

Texas also gets oil subsidy money. That usually comes in the form of tax subsidies. This is rationalized by Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller in the Energy Report - Government Financial Subsidies. She perhaps provides a reasonable case. However, I sincerely doubt that it’s anything remotely approaching “what are founding fathers” designed nor within a strict Constitutional reading. It is in the end a form of collectivism on that even these faux Adam Smiths in Texas have their hand in.