It has it''s faults, don't get me wrong, but people from all over die trying to get here! If it's bad for you, maybe you need to get off your ass and get busy! You are in one of the few countries that you can be born in the ghetto and rise to be a billionaire by the time you are 30! It just takes motivation and commitment! No, I am not rich, but I have a job that I love and I am proud to call myself an American! Allen, relax, I live in Texas. Its ok, you just dont know any better. Like all of the non-educated people that are moving here cause they couldnt make a name for themselves in their neck of the woods. Texas needs the Feds and Union more than anything. You speak of Military, ummm, thats federal funds there chappy. Local state tax payers might account for the National Guard but you secede from the Union, say goodby to all of the Military bases and hundreds of thousands of jobs. Has nothing to do with a black man in the white house. He's not the first one to be there even though he likes to claim he is. It's the fact that he's the worst to ever sit in the oval office. We are sick of the government interfering in every aspect of our lives. We are sick of the endless debt and he just keeps spending. we are sick of the wars