While TEXIT opponents continue recycling debunked claims about Texas’s economic viability, global investment leader Kyle Bass just delivered a crushing blow to their already crumbling narrative. Bass, founder of Hayman Capital Management and the investment visionary who accurately forecast the 2008 subprime mortgage collapse, recently laid out devastating economic data that proves what TEXIT supporters have known all along – Texas isn’t just capable of standing alone, we’re already an economic superpower.
“Texas is the Tigris and Euphrates of growth in the entire world,” Bass declared on The Fort Podcast, backing this bold statement with hard numbers that should silence any remaining skeptics. Our economy grew by an astounding 7.5% last year, dwarfing global growth of 2.3% and leaving the developed world’s anemic 1.4% in the dust.
The raw numbers are staggering. Texas’s GDP now stands at approximately $2.65 trillion, positioning us directly behind France and the United Kingdom among the world’s largest economies. Bass projects Texas will surpass France within this decade and eclipse the UK by the mid-2030s. For perspective, either of these milestones would place Texas among the world’s six largest economies.
This economic dominance isn’t happening by accident. “For 14 years running, we’ve had the largest number of population coming into our state,” Bass emphasized. People and businesses are fleeing high-tax, over-regulated states and choosing Texas’s model of economic freedom. Within 15 years, Bass projects Texas will stand as the world’s fifth or sixth largest economy – period.
These projections aren’t coming from TEXIT advocates or partisan think tanks. They’re coming from a seasoned financial expert whose firm, Hayman Capital Management, built its reputation by accurately identifying economic trends that others missed. When Bass predicted the collapse of Bear Stearns and the subprime mortgage crisis, skeptics scoffed. They were wrong then, just as TEXIT opponents are wrong now.
Remember, Texas is achieving this level of economic dominance while still shackled to federal regulations and restrictions. We’re forced to operate under Washington D.C.’s failed monetary policy. We’re subjected to federal regulations that strangle innovation. We’re required to implement federal programs that waste billions in Texas tax dollars. Yet despite these handicaps, we’re still outperforming nearly every major economy on Earth.
The obvious question that TEXIT opponents can’t answer: If Texas can achieve this level of economic success while bound by federal restrictions, imagine what we could accomplish with full economic independence? If we’re already positioned to surpass France and the UK while operating under Washington’s thumb, what heights could we reach when we’re free to implement policies that put Texas first?
Bass’s analysis provides yet more proof that Texas doesn’t just have the capability to stand as an independent nation – we’re already performing like one. The only thing holding us back is our continued submission to a federal system that imposes failed policies, wastes our resources, and stunts our growth potential.
When TEXIT opponents claim Texas can’t survive economically without the union, they’re not just wrong – they’re willfully ignoring economic reality. The numbers don’t lie. Texas isn’t just capable of independence – we’re already an economic powerhouse that rivals the world’s largest economies. The only question remaining is how much longer we’ll allow federal policies to hold us back from our full potential.
“Kyle” just can’t contain his excitement at all the ways that stolen tax money/corporate welfare will create new ways for The Empire to kill people.
We can only hope those weapons are not used against independence-seeking Texians.
I’m very glad this Clown is not my neighbor!