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I'd be extremely surprised if Texas received more in Federal funds than is paid to the Fed in income tax, cig tax, gas taxes, etc by the people who live there. It's pretty standard for the larger population states to be pulling the weight for all the lesser populated / poor economically developed areas of the country.
Little demonstrations like this petition (20 something other states have identical petitions active on the same site, by the way so it's not just a "Texas" thing, some of you might want to check and see how many people from your own state have signed their own) represent nothing in terms of an actual secession taking place. They do a decent job of displaying the amount of frustration people have with the Federal govt, however.
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