You are not a crack pot Carlo! We have the same problem here in Florida. These liberals are flocking here for the same reasons. However, they do not associate their liberal politics with the failing economy and disintegrating communities of their home states.
In my humble opinion, states can and should succeed from the Union when the Constitution is being fundamentally violated by:
1. centralization in the Federal government of powers reserved to the states under the Tenth Amendment and/or
2. loss of the God-given individual liberties affirmed in the Bill of Rights.
Both of the circumstances mentioned above exist today; so, I believe fiscally responsible states have a valid case for succession. In fact, I believe states have a duty to stand up for their citizens against the above violations.
The notion that the Federal government has the power to take taxpayer money from one group of people to give to another group of people (or from one state to “bail out” another state) is blatantly unconstitutional according to James Madison.
Not sure if Texas can secede. More likely Texas can get kicked out. Meaning the US government can make the call to carve Texas out as its own country.
Maybe Texas should bribe all the snot nose panty wastes in Washington to vote to exclude Texas from the America.
Texas could probably agree to pay 10 years of federal taxes at the current level and of course the cash it takes to bribe the corrupt in Washington, and make the dream come true.
In my opinion, Texas would be getting off cheap if they could pull a deal like that off.
The border could then be sealed, in all directions, and us Texans could live a life of prosperity that we should be living.