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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (462337)	12/28/2011 9:21:20 AM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794366

It's interesting how people who think of themselves as freedom loving private property fan club members are really closet communists. They like being state chattels and not owning the state. It looks like a form of Stockholm Syndrome. Them are fightin' words, man!.... :) So It happens that in the past 6 years I lived, worked and owned property in 3 different states. Thinking about a 4th one. How does this make me their property? You may say that the Big Gov in Washington still has an excessive leverage over me, and that would be true. However, I expect that this will change, as the current crisis unfolds. The size of the Fed government is proving to be unsustainable, and it will shrink. More powers will go to the states, just as it was envisioned by the Constitution. Assertive acts by states, like with Arizona's immigration law, are the first baby steps. If I am free to vote with my feet - and move to any state and community I choose - how does this make me their slave? I think to the contrary, it makes all those governments work harder and provide safer and better jurisdictions, lest I call up a moving company and go on paying my taxes in a place I like better. It appears to me that under a Tradable citizenship regime there would still be "one man, one vote". Can't quite see how this would give an individual any additional great leverage over the government. On your blog you have an article written in 2010. We are almost in 2012. How come you didn't develop your idea further? You need to develop it in more detail and present it in a lucid and practical fashion. I'm almost reluctant to ask more questions, since I'm sure you must have answered them time and again in your SI posts. However, no one can possibly keep track of those.