RE: On Libertarianism and founding a free state (was Re: Food labels etc)

From: Paul Grant (shade999@optonline.net)
Date: Wed Jul 30 2003 - 10:04:44 MDT

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    From: owner-extropians@extropy.org [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]
    On Behalf Of Mike Lorrey
    Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 11:08 PM

    >Uh, not quite. Firstly, the Free State would refuse to cooperate with
    Patriot Act enforcement, since, for example, here in NH we have an
    unfunded mandates law. No government can order another government entity
    to perform some function without funding that function. Therefore, the
    feds can't ask the state or local governments to enforce the Patriot Act
    without funding said enforcement in its entirety.

    >The feds are actually scared of forcing the issue as well, because they
    know that they would lose their case before a structuralist SCOTUS. NH
    regularly tells the feds to take a hike over federal mandates that have
    funding strings attached. We told them to take a hike over seat belts
    and motorcycle helmets, for example. We still get highway funding,
    despite the feds threatening to take it away.

    >In fact, NH only gets 71 cents back of every dollar we send to the feds
    in taxes, the lowest of any state. We know we don't need the feds. They
    need us more than we need them, so they never try to force the issue
    because NH is the only state that has a right of revolution and
    secession built into its state constitution. They piss us off enough and
    we are gone. Oh, yeah, and we have the largest gun makers in the US here
    too...

    <me> I *knew* there was a reason why i liked New Hampshire :)

    omard-out



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