Koch Brothers Funding Effort to Move 20,000 Libertarians to New Hampshire

[libertygrl]

From facebook:

Naomi Wolf
36 mins ·
Oh heavens! My friends in the Granite State are being funded..


Koch Brothers Funding Effort to Move 20,000 Libertarians to New Hampshire to Take Over, Dismantle State Government

AT LEAST (4) KOCH-FUNDED GROUPS – INCLUDING AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY AND THE JOSIAH BARTLETT CENTER – ARE ALLOCATING MONEY OR STAFF TIME TO EXTREME FREE STATE PROJECT EFFORT

MANCHESTER, NH – Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch are helping sponsor an effort to move 20,000 libertarians to New Hampshire to take over and dismantle state government.

“Moved by Liberty” the 2015 NH Liberty Forum hosted by the Free State Project, is being held in Manchester, NH this week March 5th to 8th. The event is designed to expose libertarians to the Free State Project movement – an effort to move 20,000 people to New Hampshire and create a libertarian “utopia” void of public infrastructure and common laws. The Free State Project cites secession from the country as a possible tactic once they reach critical mass. To date, the Free State Project has recruited 16,498 people to sign the pledge and more than 1,700 have already moved.

At least (4) Koch-funded groups – including Americans for Prosperity Foundation-New Hampshire and The Josiah Bartlett Center – are allocating money or staff time to the extreme Free State Project effort this week:

Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity Foundation-NH is a sponsor
Koch-funded Cato Institute Executive Vice President David Boaz is a speaker
Koch-funded Josiah Bartlett Center President Charlie Arlinghaus (and former NH GOP Executive Director) is a speaker

Charles Koch Institute Vice President of Research and Policy and Charles Koch Foundation Vice President for Research Dr. William Ruger is a speaker
“The billionaire Koch brothers are once again subverting democracy, this time funding and supporting an effort to move 20,000 libertarians to New Hampshire for the stated purpose to take over and dismantle state government,” said Zandra Rice Hawkins, executive director of Granite State Progress.

“The ultra-extreme Free State Project seeks to radically change the way of life in New Hampshire, and Koch-funded groups like Americans for Prosperity and The Josiah Bartlett Center are working to pave the way for them. AFP-NH and the Josiah Bartlett Center should be ashamed for being in bed with individuals who harass meter attendants, believe we should abolish all public services including public roads and bridges, and who seek to encourage a violent uprising in response to democratic decisions that differ from their own.”

*** More Information ***

About the Free State Project:A decade ago, the ultra-extreme Free State Project voted on a state to move 20,000 libertarians to, with the stated purpose to take over state government and dismantle it. New Hampshire was unfortunately the unlucky recipient of that vote. The Free State Project seeks to create a libertarian “utopia” void of public infrastructure and common laws, and to use their numbers to dramatically change New Hampshire. The Free State Project even threatens to secede from the rest of the country once it meets its initial goals:

"Once we’ve taken over the state government, we can slash state and local budgets, which make up a sizeable proportion of the tax and regulatory burden we face every day. Furthermore, we can eliminate substantial federal interference by refusing to take highway funds and the strings attached to them. Once we’ve accomplished these things, we can bargain with the national government over reducing the role of the national government in our state. We can use the threat of secession as leverage to do this."

- Announcement:
The Free State Project by Founder Jason Sorens

To date, the Free State Project has recruited 16,498 people to sign the pledge to move to New Hampshire, and once they hit the goal of 20,000 that will “Trigger the Move." More than 1,700 people have already moved. The Free State Project regularly hosts tours of the state for prospective movers, offers temporary housing for those in transition, and has a network for job, social, and political opportunities once someone makes the move to New Hampshire.

The Free State Project has also successfully fielded candidates for local and state government, and each year those members introduce proposals to slash local and state budgets, undermine public education, and overturn common sense community priorities that ensure our people and our communities remain safe and secure. It is not surprising that so many Free Staters run for office. Free State Project members uproot their families and move to New Hampshire purely to enact a political agenda; running for office only further helps them reach that goal.

About the NH Liberty Forum: The annual forum organized by the Free State Project is designed to encourage more libertarians to learn about "the most successful migration movement for liberty in the world" and how to "make New Hampshire the hub for liberty in our lifetime." NH Liberty Forum website, accessed 3.6.15, http://nhlibertyforum.com/

About The Josiah Bartlett Center and Koch funding: The Josiah Bartlett Center has received direct funding from the Koch family fortune despite their claims in the media otherwise.See Granite State Progress & The Center for Media and Democracy Report “Bad Bartlett: The Josiah Bartlett Center and NH Watchdog Answer the Call of the Koch Brothers” November 2013 (pages 8, 13-14, 32-35); http://granitestateprogress.org/blog/2013-12-12/new-report-%E2%80%9Cbad-bartlett-josiah-bartlett-center-and-nh-watchdog-answer-call-koch

Granite State Progress has been tracking the Free State Project and its influence since 2008, paying particular attention to Free Stater activity in elections and legislation. For an interview, please email zandra@granitestateprogress.org.

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Granite State Progress is a multi-issue advocacy organization focused on issues of immediate state and local concern. Granite State Progress works as a communications hub for the progressive community to provide a strong, credible voice in advancing progressive solutions to critical community problems. Online at www.GraniteStateProgress.org

http://granitestateprogress.org/press-release/koch-brothers-funding-effort-move-20000-libertarians-new-hampshire-take-over-dismantle

[angelatc]

Subverting democracy? Screw these people.

[69360]

They should think long and hard before throwing in their lot with the Koch brothers.

The Kochs only spend money when it benefits the Kochs financially. There is nothing wrong with this, but one has to wonder what they have to gain in NH?

[NoOneButPaul]

They should think long and hard before throwing in their lot with the Koch brothers.

The Kochs only spend money when it benefits the Kochs financially. There is nothing wrong with this, but one has to wonder what they have to gain in NH?

They might be legitimately curious what will happen?

Also would be a hell of tax haven for pretty much everyone.

[HVACTech]

void of public infrastructure and common laws.

I stopped reading right there.

Anarchists unite! (intentional oxymoron)
Rawhide!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qCRae5mRoRE

[r3volution 3.0]

Sounds like Naomi wants to erect a great wall (the rainbow curtain?) to insulate the motherland from capitalist infiltration...


They should think long and hard before throwing in their lot with the Koch brothers.

The Kochs only spend money when it benefits the Kochs financially. There is nothing wrong with this, but one has to wonder what they have to gain in NH?

:rolleyes:

...or it could be that you bought into the Left's propaganda and the Koch's actually are libertarians.

[Anti Federalist]

Sounds like Naomi wants to erect a great wall (the rainbow curtain?) to insulate the motherland from capitalist infiltration...

...or it could be that you bought into the Left's propaganda and the Koch's actually are libertarians.

Pretty sure Naomi is being tongue in cheek here:


Naomi Wolf
36 mins ·
Oh heavens! My friends in the Granite State are being funded

I don't FedBook but the OP article is from a bunch of left wing authoritarians, mostly to be paid no mind to.

[muzzled dogg]

Yeah, she spoke at fsp's liberty forum last year where she made some friends

[Anti Federalist]

The ultra-extreme Free State Project

The "ultra extreme"... LOL.

Oh, lady, if you only knew half of what I think should happen.

[FindLiberty]

I'll go on that "NH to stay" FSP if they'll sponser me with perpetual funding.

[r3volution 3.0]

The "ultra extreme"... LOL.

Voting where you happen to have been born = doing one's civic duty

Millions of immigrants flooding into the country and getting the vote = inclusive democracy

A couple libertarians moving to New Hampshire = negro lynching

...funny how that works.

[ThePaleoLibertarian]

I'm no Koch supporter, but something tells me Ms. Wolf wouldn't have any problem with George Soros trying to move 20,000 progressives to some state to push for liberal laws. Just a hunch.

[Keith and stuff]

Here is the thing, just because some Koch money goes to an organization, that doesn't mean that most of the money the organization spends came from the Koch brothers. It also doesn't mean that the Koch brothers have a lot of control over the organization.

I know that liberal, conservative, libertarian and so on multi-millionaires and billionaires have helped fund lots of organization that free staters in New Hampshire have been employed for/with/in. The same is currently true for several free staters in NH. The trend has been more and more rich people hiring free staters in NH, because free staters are becoming some of the most knowledgeable political types in NH. Rich people want to hire and support experts.

Granite State Progress wrote the press release. The main employee for GSP moved to NH to promote socialism. Her largest funder is George Soros. So the pot is calling the kettle black.

[Rudeman]

If I had the money that the Koch's have I would support funding for something similar (a libertarian state/city/town). As far as the Koch's benefiting, I'm sure they would, just like many others.

[69360]

Sounds like Naomi wants to erect a great wall (the rainbow curtain?) to insulate the motherland from capitalist infiltration...



:rolleyes:

...or it could be that you bought into the Left's propaganda and the Koch's actually are libertarians.

I don't buy into anything. I question their motivations. Sure their interests align with mine fairly often, doesn't mean I trust them to be some benevolent donors.

[Anti Federalist]

Granite State Progress wrote the press release. The main employee for GSP moved to NH to promote socialism. Her largest funder is George Soros. So the pot is calling the kettle black.

Heh, I just guessed at the "lady" part.

[scrosnoe]

It could be that the free state project is on the verge of success and Koch and Company want to take the credit...

[brushfire]

So...did they pay to move 20,000 people to NH? Or did they offer free hotdogs for an event?

I kinda skimmed over the article - it didnt seem to indicate the extent of their donation/influence.

[Keith and stuff]

So...did they pay to move 20,000 people to NH? Or did they offer free hotdogs for an event?

I kinda skimmed over the article - it didnt seem to indicate the extent of their donation/influence.

Several organizations that get some funding from the Koch brothers provided a speaker for Liberty Forum. One of the speakers already lived in NH.

AFP had a table at Liberty Forum that gave away free mini candy bars and tootsie rolls. Someone joked that it was Koch candy.

[Suzanimal]

The Free State Project seeks to create a libertarian “utopia” void of public infrastructure and common laws, and to use their numbers to dramatically change New Hampshire. The Free State Project even threatens to secede from the rest of the country once it meets its initial goals:

:eek::D

LOL, this sentence was bold and underlined at the link.:rolleyes:

[The Gold Standard]

If the Kochs want to fund it I'll move there tomorrow. If they promise to secede and a utopia void of public infrastructure and imbeciles like the author of the article, I'll figure out how to pay my own way.

[Keith and stuff]

If the Kochs want to fund it I'll move there tomorrow. If they promise to secede and a utopia void of public infrastructure and imbeciles like the author of the article, I'll figure out how to pay my own way.

Sign up here :)
http://freestateproject.org/join

[AuH20]

Voting where you happen to have been born = doing one's civic duty

Millions of immigrants flooding into the country and getting the vote = inclusive democracy

A couple libertarians moving to New Hampshire = negro lynching

...funny how that works.

So true. Ha ha. So true.

[AuH20]

I could see President Chelsea Clinton putting down an insurrection in New Hampshire in 2028.

[Tod]

Yeah, she spoke at fsp's liberty forum last year where she made some friends

I watched the video of that


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJSp1skVIkA

At the end, it becomes apparent that she is not yet at the point of understanding anarchism and the problems inherent in statism.

[jmdrake]

Pretty sure Naomi is being tongue in cheek here:



I don't FedBook but the OP article is from a bunch of left wing authoritarians, mostly to be paid no mind to.

Actually Naomi Wolf is coming around.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJSp1skVIkA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7LmxyZXMw0

Notice that her opening up to libertarianism seems to be rooted in her starting to understand false flag terrorism. The same was true for me. Gatekeepers here at RPF should take note....and STFU

[jmdrake]

I watched the video of that


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJSp1skVIkA

At the end, it becomes apparent that she is not yet at the point of understanding anarchism and the problems inherent in statism.

Yeah.....ya gotta start somewhere. And I'd say (at least) half of the people here are minarchists rather than anarchists.

[brushfire]

Several organizations that get some funding from the Koch brothers provided a speaker for Liberty Forum. One of the speakers already lived in NH.

AFP had a table at Liberty Forum that gave away free mini candy bars and tootsie rolls. Someone joked that it was Koch candy.


LOL - you've got to be kidding me. If I was a Koch brother, and I ate a single McDonalds hamburger, I would be "funding an effort" to kill millions of cattle.

What a joke - all of them.

Freestaters, keep up the good work - you're making an impact. History in the making.

[angelatc]

If I had the money that the Koch's have I would support funding for something similar (a libertarian state/city/town). As far as the Koch's benefiting, I'm sure they would, just like many others.

And I'd also move some business operations there, to provide a financial infrastructure.

[angelatc]

It could be that the free state project is on the verge of success and Koch and Company want to take the credit...

As Reagan said, you can get a lot done if you do not care who gets the credit.

[PaulConventionWV]

I watched the video of that


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJSp1skVIkA

At the end, it becomes apparent that she is not yet at the point of understanding anarchism and the problems inherent in statism.

Naomi Wolf is a radical feminist who seems to be in this for her own interests. I don't think she's for real.

[undergroundrr]

Yeah, she's been "waking up" for about a decade now. Her core convictions aren't going anywhere though.

Is this whole ball game going to come down to Koch vs. Soros?

[muh_roads]

This combined with the fact that New Hampshire is the Bitcoin commerce capital of the world means NH is going to be a very wealthy state in the near future.

I need to start packing my bags and join FSP.

[Keith and stuff]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1901362_10204647693605993_3943217836446081495_n.jp g?oh=f844bed827113e21b03dcc04a1808d7a&oe=55720BEE&__gda__=1433705406_22b155e87cb7418ce21b544da3f0a50 2
Vermin was one of three presidential candidates that showed up at Liberty Forum this year. That is Ian Freeman of Free Talk Live behind the New Hampshire made firearm.


https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10360415_410804469094575_6494113080991956725_n.jpg ?oh=c5004de52d8fb787b7ac6bfe09776d0c&oe=558CD868
This is Vermin with the co-hosts of the Rebel Love Show podcast.

[NewRightLibertarian]

Naomi Wolf is a radical feminist who seems to be in this for her own interests. I don't think she's for real.

I see her as a Kucinich type. Good on some things, bad on others. For a leftist, she's solid but I eye roll at some of the stuff she posts on her Facebook account.

[jmdrake]

Naomi Wolf is a radical feminist who seems to be in this for her own interests. I don't think she's for real.

In case you haven't noticed there are radical feminist libertarians.

[jmdrake]

Yeah, she's been "waking up" for about a decade now. Her core convictions aren't going anywhere though.

Is this whole ball game going to come down to Koch vs. Soros?

As long as her core convictions allow her to question the Boston Bombing I don't have a problem with them.

[DevilsAdvocate]

The Free State Project can't work. Because if it's successful and they manage to set up a prosperous little society in New Hampshire, they will instantly be descended upon by hordes of parasites. They will move in by the thousands and vote away your prosperity, just you watch.

[Barrex]

The Free State Project can't work. Because if it's successful and they manage to set up a prosperous little society in New Hampshire, they will instantly be descended upon by hordes of parasites. They will move in by the thousands and vote away your prosperity, just you watch.


In you opinion...


It is possible. It is also possible that they will succeed and that property value will skyrocket and all those hordes of parasites will only be able to afford trailer homes and shacks and work as Mexican maids or garbage collectors. In the mean time Free-staters will invent time pest removal machine.....but that is just my opinion.

No one know what the future brings.

[ThePaleoLibertarian]

I watched the video of that


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJSp1skVIkA

At the end, it becomes apparent that she is not yet at the point of understanding anarchism and the problems inherent in statism.
I'd like to think she's coming around to a better, more libertarian position, but there are lots conspiracy theorist types who are still dyed-in-the-wool leftists. Just look at the Venus Project. They understand the problem of the Fed, money as debt and are so close to adopting a good position, then veer off into abject insanity. I know they say they aren't leftists, but to anyone remotely familiar with history, it's clear that they're just repackaged Marxists.

[Bastiat's The Law]

God forbide like-minded people live together, can you image the horror if the gays did this??

Oh wait, they already did.

http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article9091614.ece/alternates/w620/pg-31-maupin-2-getty.jpg

[FSP-Rebel]

This whole thing about the Koch's funding the FSP is just a laugh. If they actually were, the FSP would have an unlimited budget of sorts to market the hell out of itself to achieve the full 20k membership and then trigger the move w/i 5 yrs later. The Koch group AFP operates in most if not all states and they basically pay canvassers around election time which some free staters often take advantage of. If you moved for activism and then could get paid for it plus free meals, rock on with that. However, this article is linking Koch money and/or groups with sponsoring part of the Liberty Forum. If ya go to http://nhlibertyforum.com/ you can see who the sponsors were and what level of sponsorship they gave. Note that the Koch groups all had low level sponsorships meaning they probably spent a couple hundred dollars at most. Hardly the Koch money we're led to believe.:rolleyes:

[helmuth_hubener]

Just to be clear and re-iterate, because it's important:

Quote from Naomi Wolf: "Oh heavens! My friends in the Granite State are being funded.."

That's all.

Anonymous, unsigned article from one Zandra Rice Hawkins, someone too cowardly to sign her material: Everything else.

Naomi Wolf did not write the above article. Please do not attack her for it. libertygrl, perhaps you could edit the opening post somehow to make this clear? Multiple people in this thread have made this mistake now.

[fr33]

Hey Koch brothers, I hate taxes and regulations too!!! I want you to make money too!!!

plz donate.

[Keith and stuff]

I was looking through the Free State Project magazine yesterday. I saw that the Marijuana Policy Project had an ad in the magazine. This article ties George Soros to the Marijuana Policy Project. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/2/billionaire-george-soros-turns-cash-into-legalized/

Maybe the evil Koch brothers and evil Mr. Soros are funding the FSP together? Maybe the whole project is just a conspiracy to increase the New England population since it is growing so slowly?
http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_460w/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/01population.jpg

FSP movers amount to 26% of the net migrants into NH from Apr 2010 – Jul 2014.
http://freekeene.com/2015/02/26/correction-fsp-movers-are-26-of-net-nh-migrants-not-15/

[NewRightLibertarian]

I was looking through the Free State Project magazine yesterday. I saw that the Marijuana Policy Project had an ad in the magazine. This article ties George Soros to the Marijuana Policy Project.

Soros and the Kochs coming together to fund crazy extreme radical libertarians. How dastardly. Bet some dumbass will actually write this article before it's all said and done. Maybe that piece of trash Weigel, who knows?