NHexit.com statement on the Brexit vote
If UK can do it to EU, why can't NH can do it to DC?
In 1788 New Hampshire tried to become part of a dream...a Federal system which made to her many of the same kinds of promises which the EU made to Britain. But many New Hampshirites, like Britons, have experienced growing disillusion with the ever-bloating central government they joined. It has become a bloodthirsty empire to which they now find themselves tightly bound.
Faced with a more humane government at Brussels than the Washington regimes which have ruled us, British voters nevertheless chose to walk away. How much more justified New Hampshire's departure would be...from the murderous wannabe globe-rulers in DC.
The success of the Brexit vote offers a reminder that "unions" do not have to be "perpetual." And our state would benefit if it were not part of something which has had a run of so many years, providing so much time for so much rot to run so deep. In contrast with the unreachable Washington system, the New Hampshire government is generally accessible, changeable by unremarkable individuals. It's a still-functioning representative democracy with possibly the best design of any state or national government on Earth. To the extent that it still falls short, the blame often lies with its membership in the Union and the corrupting outside influence of Party and Federal manipulation.
Imagine a future where there were no layers of government above it, none to imprison you or your friends, none to tax you, none to impose over a million pages of law and regulation upon your actions (that is the actual Fed number)! Achieving it would be a daunting task. It's a Hail Mary pass in one sense...but unlike that particular play...it can partially succeed even if the ball is not caught. Central governments treat restless regions more cautiously if they have strong independence movements. London and Ottawa had to provide major concessions to Scotland and Quebec because of their (technically unsuccessful) separatist drives. We need to spark that same phenomenon here in the "free state," if we want it to maintain even the limited freedoms it still has.
Dave Ridley
http://NHexit.com
