The Free State Project (FSP) has enjoyed such success in New Hampshire, that the progressive advocacy group Granite State Matters has written a 24 page attack on libertarians:
📄.pdf
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#freestateproject
#fsp
#archer_politics
If you care about government surveillance, make sure to tell your representative to vote not to renew section 702:
https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-absent-major-changes-702-should-not-be-renewed
"Section 702 authorizes the government to collect, without a warrant and from American companies like Google and AT&T, the private messages of targeted foreigners abroad — even when they are communicating with Americans. The F.B.I.’s ability to search for information about Americans in the repository of intercepted messages has been a focus of controversy."
Laws like the Chicken Tax cause me to feel rage whenever some smarmy progressive waxes rhapsodic about how the government is necessary to "protect" the interests of the poor.
"The Toyota Tacoma pickup is built in America for Americans and Canadians, to dodge the "chicken tax," but 181 other countries around the world get the Toyota Hilux pickup. It looks a bit like our Tacoma, but more basic. You'd recognize it from global news footage of relief aid or conflict areas. Well, apparently it had gotten a trifle fancy and at about $15,200 to start, it was pricing itself out of some of those markets. The Toyota IMV 0 intends to fill in that low-cost space beneath the Hilux with a target starting price of $10,000. "
We should also give prisoners vouchers, and let them choose which prison to be in. That way, prisons are incentivized to treat prisoners humanely.
#prison_reform
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Sam Bankman-Fried caused enormous harm, and I, like many others, want him to face justice. But letting him rot in prison seems like a waste. To me, proper justice would involve him making as much restitution to his victims as he can with his remaining life.
He's non-violent, so there's no physical threat that requires locking him away from the rest of society.
Instead, he should be forced to wear an ankle monitor, and allowed to find what jobs he can. In order to incentivize him to work, he should get to keep a percentage of the money he earns above the amount required to monitor him. (The rest should go toward a victim restitution fund.) The more he makes, the higher the percentage of his earnings he gets to keep.
#prison_reform
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