Russel Means, the mediocre actor and former Libertarian presidential candidate, is urging various tribes to secede from the United States. This new country, which Means and others are calling the Lakota Nation, would take out portions of North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Montana. To entice nay-sayers into joining the revolution, he is promising that it will be a "tax free" zone. Furthermore, they will issue their own drivers licenses and passports. The new nation would be made up of small autonomous towns loosely networked into a general confederation.Interesting. Not sure how that will turn out for them. Regardless of how just their cause may be, this isn't the first time a sector of the US population properly invoked their rite of secession based on what they believed to be abuses of the Constitution by the federal government. If history serves me well, it didn't work out too well for those brave souls.
On a related note, it would be rather interesting having a nice little tax haven this side of the Pacific, or this side of the southern border for that matter. I mean, the slaves of Mammon would get all the benefits of China, Mexico, or India, but a lot less in travel and shipping costs!
On a related note, it would be rather interesting having a nice little tax haven this side of the Pacific, or this side of the southern border for that matter. I mean, the slaves of Mammon would get all the benefits of China, Mexico, or India, but a lot less in travel and shipping costs!
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