What if Texas Left America?
Texas.
The Lone Star State.
A state known for its own unique breed of culture.
Roughly 1 in 12 Americans live in Texas and ever since Unification, there has been chatter
of a breakaway one day.
What if that day came…what if there was a TEXIT?
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I am your host Rebecca Felgate and today I am asking What if Texas Left America?
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SO – Texas….the lone star…land of Tex mex food, the Texan belt buckle, Armadillos,
The Alamo.
Texas is the second biggest state in the USA, home to 28.3 million people.
If Texas became an independent country, it would leave a huge hole in the country.
The United States population would be reduced to 297.4 million people.
While that would still leave the states as the third most populous country in the world,
it would widen the gap between the country and India and China.
Indonesia and Brazil wouldn’t be too far behind in the population steaks.
Not only would the states lose millions of people, it would also lose a lot of landmass…with
Texas gone, the states would be reduced to 3.263 millions square miles which would make
it smaller than Canada, China and Brazil.
This would create a lot of discontent and an enhanced sense of rivalry in the Unites
States, especially with their close neighbours, Canada…
America would feel the loss of the second largest state economy – 35% of all Crude
Oil in the states comes from Texas.
Financially it would hurt the states, causing the value of the dollar to take a plummet….although
I am sure that, what with the size of the united states, it could eventually recover…however
it would be a set back in the economy war with China.
Perhaps the States would look for a replacement state and finally officially take on Puerto
Rico.
But then again, maybe not!
Politically, without Texas, a safe republican state, it is likely that the political landscape
of the states would be pretty different to.
Without Texas, the democrats would likely see wider success and have a lock on the electoral
college – which is an important part of winning elections.
We have talked quite a bit about life within the Unites States, but what would the new
country of Texas be like!
Well, Texas, at 268,597 square miles would become the 39th Biggest in the world after
Zambia, so bigger than France but smaller than Turkey.
Population wise, Texas would be the same size as Ghana and slightly bigger than Australia.
Although with its landmass, there would be plenty of room to expand and grow the population.
Economically speaking, in theory Texas ought to be the 13th largest economy in the world.
Texas has great resources, it has valuable uranium and oil, lots of sunlight for farming
and plenty of wind for clean energy wind farms.
Texas is also on the water so would have plenty of opportunity for trade.
But wait… the states aren’t going to be happy about the split…are they.
No, they likely aren’t.
Even if a split is Democratic, depending on the president at the time, I can only imagine
they won’t be here for making life easy for Texas… they won’t want Texas to be
a success story.
They could inflict trade embargoes making it hard for Texas to use their resources.
I guess economics all comes down to how dirty the US government would want to play – would
they take away highway funding and airport funding and the like – would they slap Texas
with a bill.
Although perhaps Texas could trade with Cuba and Mexico…the Unites States would love
that…or…they could trade with their sarcastic mates across the water, Britain, who are now
in a similar situation have made the economically dubious decision to remove themselves from
the EU.
Brexit and Texit take on the world.
Get ready for a lot of Bangers and Mash Tacos and Fish n Chip burritos.
That doesn’t sound like the worst!
Texas might be off to an economically difficult start, and their currency may be devalued,
but maybe this would mean it would become an attractive place to manufacture.
Texas Would need to establish own laws, healthcare systems and defence.
If things were the way they are right now, it would be a difficult place for the LGBTQ
community – the state doesn’t recognize gay marriage and a lot of people in Texas
are right leaning.
Women’s reproductive rights would be under threat too – and Texas would be one of the
last Western countries in the world to advocate the Death Penalty.
Would Texans feel displaced?
I suppose it comes down to visas and whether or not they would have the ability to work
in the US and vice versa?
If they weren’t allowed access to the US any longer, would Texas strike up visa deals
with other countries?
At the moment it is hard for people to emigrate to the states, but maybe Brits like me could
live in an independent Texas.
If Texas left the US, would California also want to secede?
Would it be the beginning of the end for the United States…who else would be next?
Well sorry to burst the bubble, The Supreme Court directly addressed the secession question
in Texas vs. White in 1868.
The court held that individual states could not secede from the Union.
– no opt out clause despite urban myth.
Basically, Texas cant leave without a fight!
So guys, what do you think would happen if Texas left the states?
Do you think it would be a good thing or a bad thing?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments section down below!
Before I go, some quick comments from one of my most recent videos, What if Planet of
the Apes was Real?
I guess I was asking for this one – Avery Lopez Baines said: Then it would be a planet
of apes....with our lord Harambe as leader?
Mapping Mapping said: Donkey Kong wants to know your location?
Demi s1606 said she wanted a planet of the Orcas because They always look happy & are
highly intelligent Or cats...
God help us if we lived on Planet of the Cats.
Excellent points all round guys….
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