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STATE GOVERNMENTS OPPOSE FREE STATES?

<<[...] A movement called the Free State Project has registered some
3,100 people who would help choose a "candidate" state and move
there in hopes of canceling laws against drugs, prostitution, guns and
other individual liberties, while privatizing current state functions such
as schools.

[...] The project is the idea of Jason Sorens, 26, a doctoral candidate in
political science at Yale University. After the 2000 elections, he said, he
felt Libertarians needed a new way to promote their cause.

[...] Which state is a favorite? Project officials say a major downside for
Idaho is its Mormon population, which isn't likely to support legalizing
prostitution and drugs or drop taxes on booze and tobacco.

Montana? A small economy.

Wyoming? Maybe too rugged.

[...] Mark Snider, spokesman for Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, said he was
sorry to learn that Idaho was on the list. He warned the Free Staters not
to confuse Idahoans' love for small government with a desire for nearly no
government.

"The majority of Idahoans want safe streets, and not to be under the
threat of drunk drivers, drug addicts or criminals," Snider said.

Chuck Butler, a spokesman for Montana Gov. Judy Martz, said Montana is a
huge state that welcomes newcomers. But he encouraged the Free Staters to
take a closer look at Idaho.

"Idaho is more inviting," Butler said.>>

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ON THIS DATE (4/27/1978)

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