Texas by treaty might be able to secede. There are a few reasons why they might not want to go there.

Texas by treaty might be able to secede. There are a few reasons why they might not want to go there.
Texas would have to give us back Fort Hood, Fort Bliss, and Fort Sam Houston (and 12 other military bases) and pay for their relocation. Of course, all those soldiers and their families spend money in the state so that money would be gone.
They would have to either give back Johnson Space Cent
er in Houston or buy it from us - it's a major tourist attraction ("Houston, YOU have a problem").
The interstate highways traversing the state were paid for with federal military funds under Ike. They would have to buy them back or perhaps we could make them buy a 100-year lease.
Any Coast Guard stations would have to go so they would be on their own protecting their ships and boats.
The TSA passenger screeners would go (I guess there is some upside to secession). They wouldn't have to complain about too few federal resources to guard their border with Mexico - they would get no federal help at all.
One of the major boosters of the state of Texas - defense contractors which create sizable employment for the state - would be gone (the United States would be foolish to outsource its critical military technology to a foreign nation.
Agricultural and oil subsidies would disappear.
Healthcare, most of which is now reimbursed through some federal program, directly or indirectly, would be badly hurt.
Their tourism industry might take a blow if we all need passports to go there.
The upside: their state tourism slogan would require only the deletion of a single word: "Texas: It's like a whole other country."