Texas Gov. Rick Perry Says Texas Can Secede If It Wants
Josh Friedeman, the Millennial Perspective
As the reports begin to come in from the many TEA Parties that took place across the nation this Wednesday, there are already some very interesting stories that are beginning to arise. The most interesting one that I have heard so far is that of Governor Rick Perry of Texas suggesting that the people of Texas might eventually become so fed up they would want to secede from the U.S.
According to The Dallas Morning News :
Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday with his stance against the federal government and for states’ rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, "Secede!"
An animated Perry told the crowd at Austin City Hall — one of three tea parties he was attending across the state — that officials in Washington have abandoned the country’s founding principles of limited government. He said the federal government is strangling Americans with taxation, spending and debt.
Perry repeated his running theme that Texas’ economy is in relatively good shape compared with other states and with the "federal budget mess." Many in the crowd held signs deriding President Barack Obama and the $786 billion federal economic stimulus package.
Perry called his supporters patriots. Later, answering news reporters’ questions, Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union , though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do that.
And according to Politico , Gov. Perry also said:
“I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union,” the governor said. “I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state.”
Thank you Governor! If this is the way a large group of citizens in this nation begin to think - and act – then I believe that the United States of America could once again regain the freedom and independence that originally made us the greatest nation in the history of the world.
And I am beginning to wonder, is Gov. Rick Perry going to be one of the next notable leaders of the Republican party?
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