Some Discontented Texans Talk Secession
November 21, 2012
Americans in several states have filed petitions on the White House web site calling for their states to secede from the Union. The online petition that has garnered the most signatures comes from Texas and was posted three days after President Obama's re-election. But most Texans do not take the idea of secession seriously.
Texas barbecue is on the menu and secession from the Union is the topic at this restaurant near Houston.
The Texas Nationalist Movement is pushing the idea, though the group did not originate the petition for Texas to leave the U.S. Executive director Cary Wise says people here are worried about government debt.
"When the federal government can no longer sustain that debt, then that rolls back on the states, not just Texas, but all the states," Wise said.
Some here complain about a spendthrift, intrusive federal government.
But most Texans seem to dismiss the idea of secession.
"I don't think I would sign it," said one young man.
"Oh, please! No, that would be ridiculous!," said a woman
"I don't think we have the resources to completely rely on ourselves," another man said.
The petition calling for Texas' secession is among several from other states that appeared on the White House Web site after President Obama's re-election.
Most support appears to come from states that voted for his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, and, like Texas, seceded from the Union once before -- sparking the American Civil War.
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