Re: But there was no emergency.
Dems have, for years, salivated over the wealth & health of the Texas economy and a few years ago they were looking for a way to siphon off Texas' money and, uh, "distribute it to other states"...
You mean as in federal taxes? Texas sits pretty much in the middle of the pack when it comes to dependence on federal dollars. With some notable exceptions, red states pull more from the federal teat than do blue, so odds are you would only be helping your fellow Republicans should Texas choose to share the wealth.
https://taxfoundation.org/states-rely-most-federal-aid/
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700/