I'm sure we have all heard rumors about the movement within Texas to secede from the union and many scoff at the notion. However, with elections like the ones we just had, people tend to become more determined and purposeful.
Just for fun, what would happen if Texas seceded? What would be the reaction of the federal monster in DC and what would become of the people of Texas? Many may not know this, but Texas governed itself for 9 years before becoming annexed by the US government.
Texas leadership can organize with GOP governors in other dissenting states to secede financially, on terms that the Democrats might actually favor.
The idea I have is if GOP leaders agree to research and collect back the billions of misspent taxpayer money on fraudulent or corrupt contracts in the Iraq War, and reinvest restitution into building jobs and systems of health care and education for vets and other population not served by the health bill, through free enterprise instead of reliance on govt mandates.
Even revamping the VA using private business leaders and hospital/health care administrators, to perfect this system and offer it to vets and others needing health care OUTSIDE the system of insurance mandates opposed by GOP and other Constitutionalists.
So if they can agree to set up a separate system, both parties can pay for and implement/experiment with the system of their choice, and find out how to serve the whole public, not just the projected numbers under the health care bill and insurance system.
if the GOP leaders and independents can take on the populations better served through Churches, nonprofits, private businesses etc. instead of through the govt mandated system,
I believe they should get exemptions or tax write offs for investing their own resources and business skills into creating a sustainable program that respects Constitutional beliefs that health care should be handled by states or by the people, not depend on federal govt.
The Federal Govt can still be involved in re-allocating federal debts and damages into creating improvements to the VA and health care systems. But likewise, debts and damages from states should be governed by states, and programs run by individuals, churches or charities should be managed on that level and not mandated by govt. Some of the programs that incorporate spiritual healing or other faith-based practices can't be regulated or penalized by govt anyway without violating Constitutional protections of faith practice.
The system of restitution will be key in justifying the funding of immigration reforms.
That is, if both parties are willing to be fair in holding parties accountable for any violations
(such as companies committing employee fraud or labor abuses paying for the costs of helping victims of fraud/abuses, traffickers paying back restitution to helping convert sweatshops and places exploiting sex slaves into community facilities and work-study programs to aid in recovery, education and safe jobs for legal workers, and individuals who violated immigration or labor laws paying restitution by money or work credits owed into helping migrant workers or immigrants who DIDN'T violate any laws such as paying for the education of children who were not legally responsible for actions of their parents).
For the interests of taxpaying citizens who did not violate any laws, I believe the wrongdoers should be held accountable for the costs 'in proportion' to the violations they committed, and NOT charge the taxpayers or lawabiding citizens/immigrants for the wrongs of others. I believe there can be forgiveness and amnesty, but it does not substitute for or invalidate the need for restitution owed to taxpayers for violations of either labor, immigration, or employment laws, and especially for restitution for these plus serious criminal violations also.
Because so much of this relied on the state level, that is why the federal and state need to work together, instead of imposing mandates from the federal onto the state, when the states and taxpayers are paying for the lack of enforcement and negligence on the federal level. Right now, the programs proposed are backwards: more control and authority is going to the federal while the responsibility for the cost is pushed to the states and taxpayers; it should be that the federal level takes responsibility for collecting and reimbursing costs of bad policy and govt (if that level is going to be in charge), while the states/people have control/credit for fixing the problems locally by the same system of accountability for local problems with bad govt (instead of forcing the states to carry the burden of the failures of federal govt, and forcing the people to carry the burdens from both state and federal govt failures to hold wrongdoers accountable for debts and damages).
In short, if the federal govt wants control, that level has to take responsibility for the costs including past debts and damages from misspending and abuses on the federal level.
If the state govts want control, each state has to take responsibility for the costs of collecting on past debts/damages that could be used to fund health care/immigration reform.
Churches also must take responsibility for their constituents. And the business/employment sector. And trafficking operations will have to be targeted to stop the abuses going on, where restitution goes into paying for the Dream Act and assisting lawabiding immigrants.
It will likely take both state and federal working together, but separately on their own jurisdictions. The taxpayers and citizens need to stand up and refuse to pay for anything but accountability and restitution, and quit accepting the tax burden for state/federal negligence.
If more were aware this was up it would jump into the millions in hours..another thing is having to register on the site will slow the tally up, but my comment still stands
