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322 questions Texans actually ask about TEXIT, each answered in full and in plain language. Search them all, or filter by topic: the referendum, the law, the money, defense, your benefits, and the transition to an independent Texas.

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TEXIT Basics

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What is the difference between TEXIT and Texas independence?There is no difference in the goal. Texas independence is the destination. TEXIT is the name for the campaign that gets us there. One is the where, the other is the how.
What does it mean for Texas to "reassert its status as an independent nation"?It means Texas would take back something it already had. "Reassert" is the right word, because Texas was a free and independent nation before it ever joined the union. This is restoration, not invention.
What would an independent Texas actually look like day to day?For most Texans, day to day, it would look a lot like it does now, only with the decisions made closer to home. The morning after a successful vote, the sun comes up, the coffee gets made, and the work of building a nation begins quietly, not with chaos.
Is TEXIT a serious movement or just talk?It is serious, and the record proves it. TEXIT is not a slogan or a venting session. It is an organized political campaign with a written plan, legislation that has been filed, a measurable base of support, and a party platform behind it.
What is the difference between Texas independence and "national divorce"?They are not the same thing, and the difference matters. "National divorce" is a slogan about splitting the country along partisan lines. Texas independence is a specific, lawful proposal for Texans to govern themselves. One is a mood. The other is a plan.
Does TEXIT mean Texas wants war with the United States?No. The opposite. TEXIT is a peaceful, lawful, democratic process, decided by a vote. There is no version of it that involves Texas attacking anyone. Anyone who says otherwise is describing 1861, not what is on the table today.
Would TEXIT be peaceful?Yes. Peaceful is not a hope attached to TEXIT. It is the design of it. The entire process is built on a vote, the rule of law, and negotiation, and the modern record shows this is exactly how independence happens now.
Is this about leaving America, or leaving the federal government in Washington?It is about leaving the federal government in Washington, not about leaving the values most people mean when they say "America." Texas is not turning its back on liberty, self-government, or the rule of law. It is leaving a federal system that has drifted away from those things.
Would Texans still consider themselves American?That would be up to each Texan, and independence does not take the choice away. Identity is personal. A change in which government Texas answers to does not reach into anyone's heart and rewrite how they see themselves.
What does "self-government" really mean here?It means the people who live under a government are the ones who get to choose and shape it. For Texas, self-government means Texans, not a distant capital, making the decisions that govern Texas. That is the whole idea, and it is older than the country itself.
Is TEXIT a left-wing or right-wing idea?Neither. Self-government is not a left or right idea. It is a Texan one. The case for independence does not sit on one side of the partisan map, and the support for it does not either.
Is independence about one issue, or many?Many issues lead people to it, but they all run into one. The many are the symptoms. The one is the cause. Independence is the answer to the single problem underneath all the others: Texans do not govern Texas.
What is the single best argument for Texas independence?That Texans, and only Texans, should decide the future of Texas. Every other argument, the money, the debt, the border, the overreach, is downstream of that one. Self-government is the case. The rest is evidence.
What is the strongest argument against it, and how do you answer it?The strongest honest argument against independence is uncertainty: that leaving is a hard, complicated undertaking with real risk, and that staying is the known quantity. We take that seriously, because it is the only objection made in good faith. And it has a good answer.
If Texas were already independent today, would you vote to join the union?No. And that question is the fastest way to see the whole argument clearly. Flip the situation around, and the case for independence stops being abstract and becomes obvious.
Why Texas and not some other state?Because Texas is the one state that already does everything a nation does, at the scale of a nation, with the history of a nation. No other state comes close on all three at once.
Could other states leave too if Texas did?Possibly, and that is their right, not our problem to solve. Texas independence does not depend on any other state following, and it does not require any other state to stay. Each state's future is for its own people to decide.
What makes Texas uniquely able to stand on its own?Scale and self-sufficiency. Texas is already the size of a country, it already pays the full cost of its own government, and it is lightly governed for its wealth, which means it has room to spare. Very few places on Earth can say all three.
What makes this different from other secession movements?Almost everything. The word "secession" gets attached to a lot of different things, and most of them have nothing to do with what Texas is doing. Texas independence is peaceful, lawful, democratic, and built on the consent of the governed. That is the opposite of the movements people picture when they hear the word.
Why not just win elections instead?Because Texans already win elections, and it changes the structure not at all. Texas sends one of the most reliably conservative delegations in the union to Washington, year after year, and Washington grows anyway. Winning elections inside a system built to outvote you does not give you the system. It gives you a seat at a table where you are permanently outnumbered.
Isn't reforming Washington more realistic than independence?It sounds more realistic. It is not. Reforming Washington requires the agreement of almost everyone. Independence requires the agreement of only Texans. When you count who has to say yes, independence is the realistic option and reform is the long shot.
Why do you believe the system can't be fixed from the inside?Because the problem is not a flaw in the system that the system would let you repair. The problem is the system working exactly as the people who benefit from it intend. You cannot fix something from the inside when the inside is the thing that is broken, and when it is designed to protect itself from the very fix you are proposing.
Why now? What changed that makes this urgent?Two things changed at once. Texas grew into the eighth-largest economy on Earth, and Washington ran its debt up toward forty trillion dollars. The case for independence got stronger and the cost of waiting got higher, at the same time. That is what makes now different from twenty years ago.
Isn't this a fantasy that distracts from real political work?No. It is the most realistic political work there is, because it is the only work aimed at a problem Texans can actually solve. What people call "real political work" is too often the work of managing a decline you cannot vote your way out of. Independence is the one effort with a path to an actual win.
What is TEXIT?TEXIT is the campaign to restore Texas independence. It is the effort to give Texans what they have never actually had: a direct vote on whether Texas should govern itself again as a free and independent nation, rather than be governed from Washington.
Why do you say "independence" instead of "secession"?Because "independence" is the accurate word, and "secession" is a word chosen by our opponents to make an ordinary act of self-government sound like a crime.
Why not just fix the federal government instead of leaving?Because Texans have spent generations trying, and the results are in. The federal government is not broken in a way Texas can fix from the inside. It is working exactly as those who benefit from it intend.

The Referendum & Transition

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Myths & Objections

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Economy & Money

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Government & Public Services

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Defense & Borders

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Land, Energy & Infrastructure

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International & US Relations

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Life in a Free Texas

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