Texas can do all of this... then watch as Texas begins to lose federal funds for various ‘projects’...
Although, Texas (and Texans) could probably survive without federal funds for many projects.
Right, well, weening yourself off these toxic dependency programs and "entitlements" is hard at first because they're designed to do just that - keep you in political babyhood depending on Big Brother Government. Just like laying off junk food or some kind of addiction, you're a lot healthier and have much more freedom after you've done it.
Maybe the greatest threat would be military, but again, people must believe freedom is worth dying for if necessary.
Actually, some local pundit sat down and figured out that if we didn’t have to pay any Federal fees, etc., etc., we’d more than make up for any loss of Federal dollars.
Texas is already a net contributor to the Federal treasury. We pay more in than we get back.
Then watch as Texas splits from the union and takes over all that oil off shore. Then watch as Oklahoma, Arizona, and a host of others follow.
What will this administration do? NOTHING!
Screw the Feds. We've got enough oil and other resources we don't need them.
However, they do need us. I'd let the bastards freeze in the dark if it were up to me.
If Fedzilla plays that game, I wish we could say, “Fine, then no revenues shall be paid to Fedzilla from the State of Texas or her citizens.”
You've cut right to the heart of the matter right there. The feds think (and correctly so far) that they can blackmail states to do things corrosive to the liberties of their citizens using money remitted by the citizens of that very state and other states. If the feds have money left over after discharging their proper duties to bribe states to do things "voluntarily" that means that they have received that many dollars too much in federal taxes and that that amount should be withheld from them in the future. So the state just keeps that amount out of the federal tax remittances of employers and other taxpayers in their state. Problem solved (or at least moved to a more forthright arena)