Daniel Miller, a sixth-generation Texan, is the de facto face of the modern Texas Nationalist Movement, nicknamed "Texit."
But they get a lot of it back: federal dollars account for one-third of the Texas state budget, according to the budget and policy nonprofit Every Texan.
"And I think the romance of some general notion of Texas independence wears off pretty fast if people were to start considering it seriously."
A Just Russia Party Supports Independent Texas Republic"If necessary, we are ready to help with the independence referendum.
The first step for Texas to become independent, the secessionists say, would be a statewide referendum.
Persons:
—, Daniel Miller, Miller, Walter Buenger, Eva DeLuna, Noah Sheidlower, Buenger, SCOTUS, James Henson, Dmitry Medvedev, Sergei Mironov, XNlDlW2RmI, James Porrazzo, Henson, there's, Andres Leighton, Greg Abbott's
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