[autoexec]

Not really. The federal government bails Texas out of the messes they get themselves into all the time (like their shitty power grid). Historically, Texas has often received more in federal funding than it contributes in federal taxes.

[snazypaparazzi]

Sure, most of the South is in a hypocritical position of claiming to want the federal system I described, I want them to get it..

[girvo]

People are arguing with you as if you’re not making the same point they are, amusing

[1659447091]

> The federal government bails Texas out of the messes they get themselves into all the time (like their shitty power grid)

What (federal) bailout did Texas receive for the power grid? Unless something changed, Texas refuses fed help for the power grid because it wants to stay independent. Texas bailed itself out of the 2021 power grid failure with a couple/few billion dollars that Texas pays for. And while not great, Texas refused hundreds of millions in federal money to shore up flood protections, which came to light last year. Texas is not your typical southern state that takes and does nothing for itself.

[autoexec]

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/texas-gets-60-million-in-f...

https://casar.house.gov/media/press-releases/news-federal-go...

[1659447091]

Did you read those sources? The $60 million is not bail out type money specifically designed for getting Texas out of its "own messes", it's a grant from the Infrastructure bill [0].

Those links are a country wide program that benefits the whole of the US, which Texas is sill a part of. Even with a very generous acceptance of your proof, 60 million is nothing compared to the 2.5 billion Texas funded themselves to shore up their independent grid. They won't take bail out type money because they refuse to accept federal oversight that comes with it.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure_Investment_and_...

[golem14]

Is the Texas power grid shitty? Say, compare to California’s?

[ceejayoz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis was pretty notable.

[borski]

Yes. Both are shitty, but CA is at least shared with the national grid.

[johnny22]

it's that texas has it's own power grid. Other states tend to share grids.