Texas REALLY wants to be free of the U.S. - except for all of the jobs and money they get from the rest of us.

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WASHINGTON — Resenting the federal government is as Texan as wearing cowboy boots.
From its past life as a sovereign nation to its present status as the crucible of anti-Washington politics, the Lone Star State has independence in its DNA.
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One frequently cited validation for that go-it-alone attitude is that Texans get a bad deal by paying more in federal taxes than they receive in federal spending. For decades, that was true: Texas received 90 cents or less for every dollar its residents and businesses sent to Washington.
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But that’s no longer the case. Thanks to demographic shifts, a surge in military spending and other factors, Texas has crossed the break-even line. In six of the past eight years, including the entire tenure of President Barack Obama, Texans got more out of the federal Treasury than they put in.