Texas Country... I Mean it, Another Country?

I was watching Chris Matthews for a quick spell, and the buzz was that Texas Governor, Rick Perry, spoke liberally (nonsensical pun intended), about seceeding from the Union.

Politicians make waves all the time in an effort to garner attention on important topics. Is that was Gov. Perry was doing? Republicans abhor taxes, or at least, that's how this looney lib sees it. I totally understand the rationale behind such conservative premises. Texas is being dubbed a "donor state," meaning, the outcry behind secession is being alluded to the fact that Texas gets a small portion of return on the tax money it puts into the Federal System. Furthermore, Texas is doing quite well economically these days, and the Texas Governor says it has a lot to do with not over-taxing its citizens. Sounds plausible.

So, controversy emerges as money and individuality become crucified. Well, Texas gets a bigger return on its tax money then do most liberal states, especially compared to those who do tax the tar out of their folks, such as New Jersey.

On a side note, or maybe not really, the tax money return is not the only issue at hand. Many conservatives purport to see a bigger picture, and that picture is some sort of seplature of debt being handed down to our next generations. Yikes. That IS kind of scary...

However, and I thank you all for your kind patience in allowing this liberal to give a simple-minded counter argument. All isn't fair in the Union. Some states pay more then others, and other states get less back for their payment. Debt is growing, and the economic stimulus is a big gamble. The future is most definately at stake, but we need to take a breath and think about what will perpetuate future endeavors in such a way that will breed common or universal responsibility between individuals, between states, and at the Federal level.

You see, the agency for which I work has been granted a substantial amount of mula to weatherize homes. We will need to hire more folks through our agency. We will be employing many more contractors, who will hire more laborers to accomplish the feat. Our county has a really bad employment rate, so those jobs are very much needed immediately. At the end of it, we are going to reduce the costs of energy to thousands of low-income people in our agency mission to help these people become self-sufficient and to get them off of government assistance. We can see it begin to work. We love it (I suppose I can't speak for all of our staff, but many of us are pretty stoked, as far as I can see).

What I'm saying is that taxing isn't so horrid. Using Gov't dollars isn't so bad when there is a purpose. I understand the conservative concern that our future is at stake by increasing debt (or making somewhat of an investment on loan), but the investment very well could have a very nice return for all of us. To trumpet the notion of secession is to turn icy a motion that may curtail the future problems forecasted by nay-sayers.