The Free State Project

[Bill Hodges]

The Free State Project is a plan in which 20,000 or more liberty-oriented people will move to a single state of the U.S., where they may work within the political system to reduce the size and scope of government. The success of the Free State Project would likely entail reductions in burdensome taxation and regulation, reforms in state and local law, an end to federal mandates, and a restoration of constitutional federalism, demonstrating the benefits of liberty to the rest of the nation and the world.


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The Free State Project is a new strategy for liberty in our lifetime.

We don't want to wait decades for most citizens in the U.S. to realize the benefits of robust individual liberty and the failings of the nanny state. For those of us who already understand the debilitating effects of a government bent on reducing liberty rather than increasing it, the Free State Project aims at liberty in a single state.

What do we mean by "liberty"? Our members' philosophy is that being free and independent is a great way to live, and that government's maximal role should be to defend individuals from force and fraud.

What can activists for liberty do in a single state? A great deal. They could repeal state taxes and wasteful state government programs. They could end collaboration between state and federal law enforcement officials in enforcing unconstitutional laws. They could roll back gun control and drug prohibition. They could end asset forfeiture and abuses of eminent domain. They could privatize utilities and end inefficient regulations and monopolies. Then they could use their political leverage to negotiate appropriate political autonomy for our state.

For the rest: FreeStateProject (http://www.freestateproject .org/)



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[Constitutional American]

Hey Bill,
I have to say, I love this idea.
azwhitewolf mentioned it in another thread last week,
Other Thread (http://gopusa.com/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.pl?act=ST; f=8;t=1389;st=30)
I had actually heard of it before from my Libertarian pals.
They're considering Vermont, Maine & New Hampshire so it has the potential of being very close for me.
I'd like to see this actually happen, even if I don't agree with everything they're about.
They mention picking a state with an international boder, in case succession from the Union becomes an issue, which I don't feel is appropriate at all.
I'll be surprized if this actually happens but I think it would be a wonderful experiment if it does.