Perry: Texas may secede if Obama-care becomes law

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AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states’ rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the president’s healthcare plan, which he said would be "disastrous" for Texas.

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Texas has a higher percentage of uninsured people than any other state, with 1 in 4 Texans lacking health coverage. Dunkelberg, whose organization supports policies to help low- and modest-income Texans, said the House version would create a "predictable and comprehensive benefits package" for thousands of struggling middle-income Texans.

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Of those Texans who might consider supporting the plan, Perry said: "This may sound a little bit harsh, but they might ought to consider representing some other state because they’re sure not representing Texas."

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1504240.html

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Bye guys

It's mind boggling that the state has the highest percentage of uninsured and their governor thinks any Texan supporting reform should move to a different state!

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Perry is an idiot. My (Texan) friends and I have always thought so. Yet for some reason, he remains popular.

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Good luck with that.

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Good luck with that.

If they wanted to, they could. No one would be able to stop them.

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Good luck with that.

If they wanted to, they could. No one would be able to stop them.

Theoretically speaking, Texas is in the best position to become its own country. Having said that, becoming separate from the U.S. would prove to be a major undertaking and a huge hassle.

That's assuming that the U.S. government even allowed this to occur. States once separated before and the government didn't throw up its arms and admit defeat.

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Bye guys

It's mind boggling that the state has the highest percentage of uninsured and their governor thinks any Texan supporting reform should move to a different state!

Has Perry put forward his own alternative plan?

If not, then he's just another grandstanding chop.

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Bye guys

It's mind boggling that the state has the highest percentage of uninsured and their governor thinks any Texan supporting reform should move to a different state!

What a schmuck.

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Good luck with that.

If they wanted to, they could. No one would be able to stop them.

I heard Mexico and Cuba would then invade them to reclaim the land that was taken from Mexico. Is this true? Cuba would get involved because they just do these kinds of things. And Mexico is secretly a Communist Nation. That's why they send illegal subversives to live off the fat of the land.

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Good luck with that.

If they wanted to, they could. No one would be able to stop them.

I heard Mexico and Cuba would then invade them to reclaim the land that was taken from Mexico. Is this true? Cuba would get involved because they just do these kinds of things. And Mexico is secretly a Communist Nation. That's why they send illegal subversives to live off the fat of the land.

Hey! Without communist nations we wouldn't have SimBreadline (produced by Marxist).

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Hmm, maybe they can convert to the metric system and change their language to Spanish!

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Hmm, maybe they can convert to the metric system and change their language to Spanish!

That would seriously pizz off a couple of people here.

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Hmm, maybe they can convert to the metric system and change their language to Spanish!

That would seriously pizz off a couple of people here.

Metric isn't so bad. I'm getting use to it. As for Spanish... well, we're practically there already.

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Good luck with that.

If they wanted to, t They could should. No one would be able want to stop them.

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