I agree with your points 100%, however for the sake of sanity I think we should let Texas go while we are at it allow anyone who agrees with the Right to move to Texas, mean while we will pay all the sane people to move back to the Real America and let Texas fail on it's own.Well back to the original post then I guess.
There are a number of problems with this petition's claims.
- The United states does not actually suffer economic difficulties stemming from etc, etc, etc... The U.S. suffers economic difficulties because its political leadership has been suckered time and time again into thinking something will help when it actually does more harm than good. Two examples being outsourcing slash offshoring and the repeal of Glass-Steagall.
- Citizens do not suffer blatant abuses. Is the one who wrote this seriously attempting to call the National Defense Authorization Act an abuse of citizen rights? Seriously? The Transportation Security Administration is a blatant abuse of citizen rights? Which right? The right to be killed by terrorists? When I read this part the first thing that popped into my mind was someone not wanting to have to worry about being indefinitely detained when the TSA catches them trying to bring handguns and grenades on to a plane.
- Texas fails to actually "maintain a balanced budget." Previously using federal stimulus money, and now gimmicks, to "balance" that budget.
- Texas leaving the Union would not secure its citizens' standard of living. If anything it would put them at even greater risk given the withdrawal of all the support provided by federal agencies and programs, like Medicaid, Social Security, etc, etc... Not to mention that federal laws, like antitrust, would naturally not apply to a now foreign nation.
- Since the United States Supreme Court is the official interpreter, so to speak, of our founding fathers' ideas and beliefs as passed down to us through the constitution. I don't see how separating themselves from the that body's oversight would in any way actually secure their rights or liberties. If anything it would put their rights and liberties in greater jeopardy.
Given those points I think its safe to conclude that instead of, "people had enough sh17." The one who wrote that petition is actually full of "sh17."