Weblog Entry - 02/19/2004: "NEW HAMPSHIRE"

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02/19/2004 Entry: "NEW HAMPSHIRE"

NEW HAMPSHIRE

"There's no better place for freedom-loving Americans than New Hampshire... New Hampshire was the state chosen by signed FSP participants in a vote that took place in August and September 2003. It was chosen because it has the lowest state and local tax burden in the continental U.S., the second-lowest level of dependence on federal spending in the U.S., a citizen legislature where state house representatives have not raised their $100 per year salary since 1889, the lowest crime levels in the U.S., a dynamic economy with plenty of jobs and investment, and a culture of individual responsibility indicated by, for example, a lack of seatbelt and helmet requirements for adults."

I am quoting these few lines from the website of the Free State Project for a reason. Firstly, to draw your attention again to that tremendous project. Secondly, especially for all those not living in the United States and not likely to ever move there: how about catching the one or other of your "representatives" in your country and lock them up for a week or so in a barren monk's cell in some Catholic or Orthodox convent and have them meditate upon those few basic and striking indicators mentioned, while you can do the same, sitting comfortably in your armchair at home... :-)