Jan

23

2013

John Stossel on the Free State Project

by Tim Condon

Hubba, hubba! The Free State Project and New Hampshire just got another boost, this time from John Stossel writing at Reason.com. Says he:

A group called the Free State Project invites us to move to New Hampshire to help create “liberty in our lifetime.” It’s too early to see how that will work out, but that state now has a booming population of libertarians and anarchists. One even got elected to the state legislature after running against his own roommate, also a libertarian, whom he accused of not being anti-government enough.

Americans who want to escape state income taxes and live near better job prospects can move to one of those nine states that I mentioned above….Last decade, those nine states gained population and increased jobs by 4.9 percent; jobs in the rest of the states declined by 2.6 percent.

It’s good that we have places like Texas and New Hampshire to which fed-up citizens can escape. In Europe, you’d have to leave your country to escape its worst laws.

You can read the whole thing—and find out which are “those nine states” that Stossel  touted—by going HERE.

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by Tim Condon

I’ve been political my entire life, starting out with Barry Goldwater and The Conscience of a Conservative in the1960's. In 1967 I enlisted in the U.S. Marines for four years, spending nearly two of them in South Vietnam. In 1972 I was a Florida presidential elector for Prof. John Hospers, the first Presidential candidate of the national Libertarian Party which was founded that same year. During the late 1970's and into the 1980's I was a contributing editor and monthly columnist for Reason magazine, and I’ve authored numerous articles in the print and online media about various subjects relating to individual rights and personal freedom. Today I'm a lawyer by profession; I divide my time between New Hampshire and Florida all year long, spending much of my time practicing law in Florida. As an early supporter and past member of the board of directors of the Free State Project, I was drawn to the Live Free or Die state of New Hampshire in late 2003 when it was chosen by a vote of the first 5,000 FSP participants. In 2004 I founded the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and continue today to work within the state political system to advance the traditional NH values of frugal small government, low taxes, small business, free enterprise, and self-responsibility. To all, I say "Come and see what we are building in the beautiful, healthy, livable Free State of New Hampshire!"

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  • Scott Morales

    Nice, I always liked Stossel. He gave the commencement speech at my wife’s graduation. Solid guy… and hopefully this will mean more small gov folks coming to NH to counter the MA libs that can’t afford the policies they advocate.

  • Rick_GraniteGrok

    thats pretty cool

  • C. dog e. doG

    Stossel should move to New Hampshire – like Mark Steyn and P.J. O’Rourke – to gin up our cool factor as a counterweight to Hollywood’s drug addicts and thought-challenged glitteratti.
    – C. dog

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