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Crowman1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 04:12 PM
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Should we give Libertarians there own little test ground out in the middle of nowhere?
Just so they can learn the hard way how their free market theories would fail?
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 04:13 PM
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1. I've thought the same thing
Let's give them their own "Galt's Gulch" and see how they fare.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 04:14 PM
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2. Somalia is a Libertarians dream
I don't see any going there though.

Don
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 06:39 PM
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12. yah I was thinking the same thing
places have done that and no it hasn't worked well
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 04:16 PM
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3. There is such place.
Edited on Wed Apr-21-10 04:17 PM by Hawkeye-X
It's called Colorado Springs, Colorado. Home of the Focus on the Family and many ultra right-wing fuckwits. They've gutted public service to nearly nothing, and they're still looking for ways to cut more.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/25/spellman.colorado.springs/index.html

Hawkeye-X
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 04:21 PM
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4. They tried taking over New Hampshire
with their "Free State Project". But they weren't all that successful.
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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 04:23 PM
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5. Actually, I've thought of that for
repubs also. Any state that votes a majority Republican will not have to pay any federal taxes. Of course, they will not receive any federal funding of any kind (their state and sales taxes would sky rocket). Let's see how long it takes for the majority of them to either pack up and move to a liberal state or make damn sure they vote majority Democrat in the next election.

And the people who would love that kind of Spartan life style would be limited to being there and not driving everyone else crazy with their right wing nut ideas.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 04:31 PM
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6. Death Valley would be perfect
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 04:53 PM
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7. Somalia
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 05:07 PM
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8. They have had one for a couple generations
My 'neighborhood' specifically. And the experiment is a huge bust. No roads, no reliable water pipes/sewage pipes, buildings in shambles, kids failing

Oh, I would love for you to send some libertarians for a tour. They would RUN away as fast as they could.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 06:19 PM
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9. I think we should alienate them and swing them over to the GOP
so we are pure and the GOP is always in power
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 06:28 PM
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10. Well then, get the party started!
BTW, you do a great job alienating people here - driving them further to the left!

Keep up the good work! :thumbsup:
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Crowman1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 06:37 PM
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11. Right now Libertarians are the GOPs bitch!
Take the tea party for instance.
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mehdi kiril Donating Member (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 07:23 PM
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18. In fact, many libertarians vote Democrat
In a Rasmussen poll in 2008, Libertarians were said to favor Obama over McCain by a comfortable margin, 53%-38%: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/libertarians_favor_obama_and_other_looks_at_election_2008
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SargeUNN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 06:40 PM
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13. Consider Arizona
This state is very into the libertarian movement and look at what is going on here. Still think they are worth dealing with?
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Crowman1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 07:02 PM
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15. I just really wanna stick their noses in the shit. That was the point of my idea.
Edited on Wed Apr-21-10 07:02 PM by Crowman1979
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 06:44 PM
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14. I think they have some valid points, but their overall idealism fails (nt)
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 07:05 PM
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16. How about on Mars? nt.
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 07:16 PM
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17. I have secretly wished we could put them all in one place. Let
them run it the way they want it run.
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 10:19 PM
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19. Like Robert Heinlein's "Coventry"?
http://www.heinleinsociety.org/rah/works/shortstories/coventry.html
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 10:37 PM
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20. I've often wanted to give all the backward repukes their own country.
They can call it 'Backwardistan' and we'll build a high fence around it. They'll have to grow their own food, purify their own water, scoop their own shit, build their own roads, and figure out how to predict the weather.

And we WON'T give them any foreign aid, because that's 'socialist'.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 11:32 PM
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21. We can donate big chunks o' nothing in West Texas.
Round 'em up and move 'em out. Cactus for breakfast!!
Lizard meat for dinner!!
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