2026-03-29 20:52 UTC
I live in Texas. I love where I live, and also fuck this place, but either way what you're saying just isn't true. Sure, there are a number of defense contractors plus NASA and military bases operating in Texas, but between energy, healthcare, education, tourism, tech, and over 50 Fortune 500 companies, Texas's economy is actually really diverse. California has a ton of military bases and defense contractors too, because like Texas they have the workforce to pull it off
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@Akh@lemmy.world 2026-03-30 12:27
You have no idea how much of all those industries you just named get corporate welfare or other federal grants. Texas is a net tax sink not payer to the federal government
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@W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-31 12:02
For people who don’t continue down the thread, here is the proof suggested by another user and found by me: 
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@tehn00bi@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 12:23
I lived in Texas for 30 years, I left 10 years ago and have no desire to go back. Apart from texmex klobasnek and a few other things, I don’t miss it at all.