Becoming An Expat..

Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:05 am

Apparently 10% of the population is leaving the country:

http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/06/13/are ... e-country/

Considering the economic/social/gumint upheaval going on in the country, has anyone considered it?

Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:45 am

Hmmm...Anyone heard our Governors speech in Fort Worth last week?

Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:38 am

I sure did, he was doing an interview the other day. He's pretty upset, as am I.

I cound never have imagined that a Com. Revolution really is happening behind closed doors.

Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:07 am

....ever heard of a guy named Bill Greenwood? Got banned from this site for going a bit over the top with his political stance. Might wanna give that a thought :roll:

Now back to your regular programming...

Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:11 pm

Ztex wrote:Hmmm...Anyone heard our Governors speech in Fort Worth last week?

Yeah Z...but Perry knows better. The right to secede clause is fun to chat about as a segway to Texas being
formerly a nation, but it's a myth on several points. Since the legality of Mr. Lincoln's War was never challenged
in court then it's a given that no state can legally secede. 2nd point, in the court case of "Texas vs. White" in
1869, Texas got it's money back by admitting the the Texas govt. which voted for secession was illegal.

I can't remember exactly, but I vaguely remember during Mr. Perry's reign didn't the Texas legislature symbolicly
rescend the right to secede clause a few years back?

Historians speculate that the US never went on with the prosecution of Jefferson Davis for his treason charge
because the powers-that-be weren't sure they could win the case...showing the US had just fought a war they had no right to
proceed with. As ferverent a Pro-slavery fanatic as Davis was...he was just as ferverent a lover of the US Constittution...and
he had few peers who knew the Constitution as well as he did. Such is history..States rights are almost dead and Washington
is Daddy now.. :roll:

Sorry if this is too off-topic. I was going to explain the nuance a few weeks ago in the CAF thread but
I lost computer access for 20 hrs and by then the anti-slavery folks were rattling their sabers getting the tar-and-feathers
ready..mods were twitterpated about refighting the civil war..blah..blah..blah..I just blew it off.. :roll:

Long live the the Republic! :evil:

Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:13 pm

Apologies..what a mess of sentence structure and no way to fix it..bummer..

Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:17 pm

6trn4brn wrote:....ever heard of a guy named Bill Greenwood? Got banned from this site for going a bit over the top with his political stance. Might wanna give that a thought

Now back to your regular programming...

Ever heard of HarvardIV..he was banned too and he's back as A2C..maybe he's before your time here 6trn4brn.

Hope you're doing well Chris!

Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:24 pm

airnutz wrote:Yeah Z...but Perry knows better. The right to secede clause is fun to chat about as a segway to Texas being
formerly a nation, but it's a myth on several points.
Long live the the Republic!

Yeah, but its still fun.

Anybody really think it will happen?

Rich folk will find a way to not pay any more taxes than they already do. Poor folk are poor. That leaves the rest to pick up the bill for the extra spending.

On the other hand, those rich folk who pay a lot of state taxes may move to states with lower taxes. And bring some jobs with them. Then folks will move to the lower taxed states to get those jobs and want to have a lot of the local government spending they had in their old state and vote in the type of people who will give it to them. Thus increasing taxes for the formally low tax states.

Just a big bummer for the more cynical among us.

I still like this though.

Ztex wrote:

Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:13 pm

No the Republic of Texas will never return...this was a tongue and cheek effort at a bit of humor on my part...no real political speech mentioned or intended...

But...how many Vans RV''s have you seen in this state with a certain sticker on the tail..?..something going on with these guys that I don't know about... more Boerne secret club stuff?

Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:44 am

Shouldn't it say United State of Texas?

Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:59 am

That's Harvard IV? Scott: Dynamic IP banning, puleeeze!

Tulio

Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:10 am

I left in 2006 and it was the smartest thing I've ever done. Not for tax avoidance, but because it was the only way to make a living in aviation anymore. Most of the guys I work with have decided they will stay in Europe or build a house somewhere in Asia. No crime to speak of, no out of control police, the taxes are high but quality of life is so far superior than in the USA I won't even go into it. ...And America is about the least "free" country there is.
Flame away but that's the way it is. Get a passport and go see for yourself.
:hide:

Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:35 pm

I have it on good authority that A2C is not Harvard IV

I have no reason to think otherwise.

Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:59 pm

Tulio wrote:That's Harvard IV? Scott: Dynamic IP banning, puleeeze!

Tulio

Apparently not. Apologies to A2C. I guess Jack Cook had his info wrong.

Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:03 pm

A2C wrote:Shouldn't it say United State of Texas?

Nope. Remember A2C, this was photo'd where THE secret club is. We have big plans for the rest of you!