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The Free State Project (FSP) is an American political migration movement founded in 2001 to recruit at least 20,000 libertarians to move to a single low-population state (New Hampshire was selected in 2003) in order to make the state a stronghold for libertarian ideas. [1] [2] The Free State Project is not a political party but a nonprofit ...
In July 2001, Sorens published an essay titled "Announcement: The Free State Project", [7] in which he proposed the idea of a political migration, with 20,000 libertarians to move to a single low-population state (New Hampshire, selected in 2003) to make the state a stronghold for libertarian ideas.
[60] [61] Maloney claimed that the project's goal would be to "build the bench" by electing 250 state legislators by the end of 2022. [62] YAL's "Hazlitt Coalition," a network of libertarian state legislators around the country, oversaw more than 170 members from nearly 40 states in 2021.
He was an outspoken opponent of the New Deal, and served as a fundamental inspiration for the modern libertarian and conservative movements, cited as an influence by William F. Buckley Jr. [1] He was one of the first Americans to self-identify as "libertarian". His best-known books are Memoirs of a Superfluous Man and Our Enemy, the State.
Dick Randolph, first Libertarian elected to a state legislature Marshall Burt, first Libertarian elected to a state legislature since the early 2000s. As of 2024, 22 Libertarians have held state-level office. However, only 10 were elected or re-elected as Libertarians.
In 2018, Kauffman joined the board of directors of the non-profit, the Free State Project. [19] [20] Kauffman believes that the Free State Project is the most effective way for libertarians to achieve "liberty in our lifetimes" and has debated this assertion in a public forum. [21] Kauffman is also a member of the Libertarian Party's Mises ...
According to MacLean, libertarian-leaning Charles and David Koch have used anonymous, dark money campaign contributions, a network of libertarian institutes and lobbying for the appointment of libertarian, pro-business judges to United States federal and state courts to oppose taxes, public education, employee protection laws, environmental ...
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