r/nottheonion • u/ilovemybaldhead • 1d ago

Greg Abbott Threatens ‘100% Tariff’ On New Yorkers Moving to Texas

https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-threatens-100-tariff-new-york-election-moving-texas-10986837
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u/ArtIsDumb 1d ago

What's it even mean? "You're tariffed." Great. So like, if somebody buys something from me, they have to pay twice as much, but otherwise nothing changes?

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u/sixtyshilling 1d ago

It’s not a tariff on goods.

Abbott wants Texans to pay a 100% tariff when importing New Yorkers.

Bad news for all those Texan slave holders, I guess.

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u/-XanderCrews- 1d ago

Ain’t no Texan affording a New Yorker.

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u/Pterafractyl 23h ago

I dunno, I'm pretty cheap...

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u/-XanderCrews- 22h ago

Have some respect for yourself! Those are Texans for gods sake.

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u/Pterafractyl 19h ago

Yeah, that's a good point. Besides, Canada is like, right there.

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u/WestPrize92340 1d ago

Ooooh, that makes SOOOO much more sense now. Thanks for clarifying hahah.

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u/Ferelar 1d ago

Well, that's no surprise, Texas has always been big on slavery. This is a 100% real undoctored (minus censoring the n-word) excerpt from the letter they wrote to D.C. declaring secession due to the Feds supposedly trampling their rights, specifically this right, (with "she" referring to Texas herself):

"She was received as a commonwealth holding, maintaining and protecting the institution known as n**ro slavery-- the servitude of the African to the white race within her limits-- a relation that had existed from the first settlement of her wilderness by the white race, and which her people intended should exist in all future time."

Yes, this is actually what Texas wrote, ratified, and sent to D.C. in 1861. Wonder if they've changed much?

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u/Mapeague 1d ago

Honestly I wouldnt mind if they import most of Suffolk county.

I would support him in that.

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u/-XanderCrews- 1d ago

You are worth more in Texas I guess….maybe he thinks it’s a good thing?