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mandyky

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Wed Oct-01-03 07:49 AM
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Free State Project

We need to watch these folks - http://www.freestateproject.org

This was just discussed on Cspan, they will announce the state today, it will be covered at11 AM by Cspan.

These folks sound like a group of libertarians who want to deregulate states, starting with one.

Oddly when I first joined DU I thought it would be great to start some liberal communes in some sparsely populated red states out west.

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clar

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Wed Oct-01-03 07:58 AM
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1. I'm pretty confident

they won't choose Vermont. The Northeast Kingdom (where I live) is one of the areas in the running. But if they do choose it, fine. I'm not terribly worried.

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mandyky

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:02 AM
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3. I bet it will be WY or MT

since CSpan has been travelling those 2 states this week.

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La_Serpiente

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:01 AM
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2. What a bunch of weirdos

What a bunch of weirdos. They want to do away with states? That's like re-making an entirely new constitution. In actuality, it's an entirely new political philosophy on par with communism and capitalism. No, it would never work and no one would buy it.

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larryepke

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:04 AM
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4. I'll gleefully let them have...

North Dakota! I'm not trying to hurt anyone's feelings, but the nation wouldn't miss a thing if it were gone!
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GOPFighter

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:12 AM
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5. Idaho?

Certainly it will be a western state.

Libertarianism might work on a small scale like a county or a small rural state where there is little industry, little wealth and little poverty, but we all know that if the U.S. were to become a Libertarian country, the corporations would pick this country clean, and we would eventually become another banana republic - high unemployment, sweat shops, very low wages, and health care for only the few that could afford it.

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Spider Jerusalem

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:14 AM
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6. This was in LBN earlier.

New Hampshire.

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screaming_meme

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:44 AM
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7. They picked New Hampshire

That whole "Live Free or Die" motto must have attracted them. No thanks. I'll take free healthcare and firearm-free schools any day.

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Samaka 3ajiba

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Wed Oct-01-03 09:00 AM
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8. The Constitution

Edited on Wed Oct-01-03 09:01 AM by Samaka 3ajiba

The Constitution has been changed and amended to oblivion with corporations now enjoying the same rights as citizens (if not more), the PATRIOT Act...etc. I don't see how this project is going to affect anything.

I also don't see how Libertarians can really do any more damage than what his been done already by both major parties.

Its an interesting experiment. I wonder if there is a legal Constitutional mechanism that allows a state to succede from the Union?

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