The Free State Project


Now this looks interesting
Google News is a wonderful service. Not quite as good yet as the old Excite news tracker, but it has possibilities.

I heard of this project before, but this is a better writeup than what I had seen so far. Here are a couple of paragraphs.

"The Free State Project is a proposal by a group of libertarians whereby 20,000 of them would settle in a localized area within one of 10 states by 2006 and exert the fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is the protection of life, liberty and property. This entails reductions in taxation and regulation, reforms at all levels of government to expand individual rights and free markets, and a restoration of constitutional federalism and the principle of individual sovereignty."

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"Clements wants to build a hotel, similar to the one Justice Souter voted in favor of allowing private individuals to build after confiscating private homes in the court case, on Justice Souter’s New Hampshire property. Accordingly, Clements has notified the local Weare township council, requesting they start eminent domain proceedings against Justice Souter’s property, thereby promoting economic development for the area.

A counterproposal from the townspeople would turn Souter’s property into a park commemorating the U.S. Constitution. Town Clerk Evelyn Connor has had to return checks from people wishing to donate to the cause."

I wish them the best. I think it would be ironic.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Thu - August 18, 2005 at 06:07 PM  Tag


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