Tens of thousands of conservatives and libertarians from a bunch of states have petitioned the White House for the right to secede from the United States of America; Texas has garnered almost 90,000 signatures. Meanwhile, here at the Dope, a poll on which state the teeming millions would like to see kicked out has Texas winning. Currently,states are forbidden from seceding by the court ruling in Texas v. White, but hypothetically let's say we gave Texas the right to secede. And hypothetically, let's say they were whooped up into such a frenzy that they decided to secede. What would be the actual economic consequences to Texas and to the United States, respectively? The level of hostility would matter greatly. Most educated liberals would flee to the US before the secession began I am sure. They would first have to figure some type of military situation or the US would use Texas as a doormat. We would take from them what we want and use them as we see fit. Knowing the President of Texas, he would probably get into bed with some global dictator like all Bush's have done in the past.