I read an article yesterday that just made me chuckle a bit about the absurdity of the new abortion law in Texas. The fact is, the large majority of abortions in Texas are provided to women of color, primarily Black and Hispanic women.1 Due to the changing demographics in Texas, the white population are no longer a majority. That is a fact that obviously scares the hell out of Texas Republican politicians and a segment of the Texas population at large. With the new law essentially outlawing abortions, that means that even more Black and Hispanic babies will be carried to term. So, in essence, the new law virtually guarantees that the non-white majority will grow even faster. The Texas Republican politicians and people who support them have sealed their own fate. I find this hysterical and extremely ironic. I guess, once again, they haven’t really thought this all the way through!!
The new abortion law, coupled with new laws imposing restrictions on social study teachers to even discuss racial issues, and new laws restricting voting rights has me thinking that perhaps we should revisit Texas’ statehood. I’m thinking we should give it back to Mexico! I mean it makes fiscal sense. Texas receives more Federal tax dollars than it contributes to the U.S. Government.2 While the deficit is not significant, it appears that losing Texas would essentially be a wash economically. There is the issue of oil because Texas is the nation’s largest oil producer but I’m sure we could negotiate an equitable arrangement with Mexico. I’m sure Mexico would be very happy to have the oil to help boost their own economy. In fact, maybe rather than just giving Texas back to Mexico, we could sell it to them.
As you may remember from history class, Texas was once a part of Mexico. In fact, the first Texans violated the original agreement with Mexico that allowed them to settle a limited number of families in the Texas territory. Eventually, the settlers began to outnumber the native Mexicans and Mexico took steps to limit the influx of Americans (how ironic is this?). Finally in 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico. This led to the Texas Revolution and the infamous battle at The Alamo! Texas eventually won their independence from Mexico but was not admitted to the Unites States for another 10 years and was an independent republic during that time.3 [I wonder if that paragraph would violate Texas’ new law on what social studies teachers can teach? Not that I give a damn]
Since Texas was originally part of Mexico, and they certainly don’t seem to want to be part of the greater United States, I think it makes perfect sense that we return it to Mexico. For example, it turns out that abortion is legal in some Mexican states and severely restricted in others, so Texas could just be one of those Mexican states in which abortions are severely restricted. They would just fit right in.
Texas would not have to worry about building a wall on their southern border because there would be no more illegal immigrant problem. The United States, on the other hand, might want to invest in a wall along the entire northern border of Texas to make sure no illegal immigrants from Texas try to make their way into the United States to rape, pillage, steal jobs or cause more political turmoil!
Some Texans would, no doubt, like to secede from the United States and go back to being an independent republic, however they have demonstrated that they are incapable of operating on their own. Does anyone remember the giant fiasco that resulted when Texas decided not to hook into the national power grid and were hit by an extreme cold spell? They are the only state to have their own independent power grid and that proved to be a costly disaster. So, they obviously need to be part of something bigger. I think Mexico is a much better fit than the United States, particularly since the demographics show that the majority of the population of Texas will sooner or later be Hispanic any way.
I guess the one really big issue that will weigh heavily on most white Republican Texans’ minds if we give the state back to Mexico is the fact that Mexico is, after all, filled with Mexicans! You can’t have everything! Remember the Alamo!!
Have a great weekend. Taking a couple of days off.
Excellent article. They love guns so much that they continually keep shooting themselves in the foot with their political ideology. They are against all abortions yet they are not protecting their children and the population from dying from Covid. Restricting voting can also backfire on them. When people are scared they do irrational things.