Free State Project
| Free State Project | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | logo |
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Carla Gericke |
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| Basic data | |
| Alignment | Libertarianism |
| distribution | New Hampshire |
| Establishment date | September 1, 2001 |
| Chairperson | Carla Gericke |
| Addresses | |
| address | Free State Project, Inc. PO Box 1684 Keene , NH 03431 |
| Website | www.freestateproject.org |
| structure | |
| Members | see membership |
The Free State Project (FSP) ( dt. About: "Project for a free state") is a US-based libertarian initiative whose goal is 20,000 "liberty-oriented" bring people together to share in the state of New Hampshire emigrate and there Realize a maximum of political, economic and personal freedom.
history
The Free State Project was officially established on September 1, 2001. One of the initiators was the then Yale -Student and now an assistant professor of the University of Buffalo , Jason Sorens .
A number of members of the Free State Project were elected to public office at the local and state levels in New Hampshire, representing both major US parties, Republicans and Democrats . When the New Hampshire House of Representatives was elected in 2010, at least 12 Free Staters entered parliament, mainly representing the Republican Party. Members of the Free State Project won or held roughly the same number of seats in the following 2012 election, although the Republicans suffered a heavy electoral defeat and lost their majority to the Democrats.
In December 2012, New Hampshire Democratic MP , Cynthia Chase , described Free State Project activists as "the greatest threat the state faces today," regretting the failure to ban libertarian immigration to New Hampshire and suggested that instead "restrict the freedoms they believe to be found here". These statements sparked national controversy.
Membership
The membership of the Free State Project consists of participants ( participants ), friends outside New Hampshire ( friends ) and friends within New Hampshire ( in-state friends ). Participants are members who have committed to moving to New Hampshire within a certain time window once the number of participants has reached 20,000, with more than 1,000 participants having moved to New Hampshire early ( early movers ). Friends outside New Hampshire are members who support the Free State Project, but have no intention of moving to New Hampshire themselves. Friends within New Hampshire state are locals who cannot commit to moving to New Hampshire because they already live there.
On January 3, 2016, the Free State Project reached the planned number of 20,000 participants, approx. 7,200 friends outside New Hampshire and approx. 2,600 friends inside New Hampshire. Of the participants, around 1,900 had moved to New Hampshire early.
advocate
The Free State Project has a number of prominent advocates from different areas of US social life, including former Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul , former New Mexico governor and former presidential candidate Gary E. Johnson , moderator and former judge Andrew Napolitano , the Entertainer Penn Jillette , comedian Doug Stanhope , television presenter John Stossel , Hollywood producer Aaron Russo , open source activist Eric S. Raymond , and economists Lew Rockwell and Peter Schiff .
Others
The motto of the Free State Project is "Liberty in Our Lifetime" (German: "Freedom in our lifetime"). The FSP symbol is a defensive porcupine .
See also
literature
- William Ruger and Jason Sorens: Freedom in the 50 States , Mercatus Center , George Mason University , Fairfax , Virginia
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/994856-469/movement-starts-slowly-but-future-encouraging.html
- ↑ http://reason.com/blog/2012/12/27/new-hampshire-democrat-free-staters-are
- ↑ http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/state_regional/where-is-the-free-state-project-now/article_21578050-c527-51a1-8388-6b5bf638bf92.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://freestateproject.org/about/membership-statistics
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- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Statue of Liberty is wrong in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from June 26, 2011, page 24
