Of the numerous petitions (23) to allow individual states to secede from the United States, the most-signed petition is for Texas with 38,087 signatures asking the United States to "Peacefully grant the State of Texas to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government" (languages almost identical to that in other secession petitions] -- as posted November 9, the Texas argument is:
The
US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal
government's neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending. The citizens of
the US suffer from blatant abuses of their rights such as the NDAA, the TSA,
etc. Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th
largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw
from the union, and to do so would protect it's citizens' standard of living
and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas
and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the
federal government.
Other states with petitions to secede are:
- North Carolina, 7,529 signatures
- South Carolina, two petitions, 10,838 signatures total
- Georgia, two petitions, 12,124 signatures total
- Florida, 8,464 signatures
- Alabama, 8,521 signatures
- Mississippi, 6,071 signatures
- Louisiana, 17,210 signatures
- Oklahoma, 2,339 signatures
- Arizona, 2,173 signatures
- Missouri, two petitions, 9,597 signatures total
- Arkansas, 4,814 signatures
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