Yes.

what, you break out in 45's?

We 1/32 Cherokees believe that all people are related under Brother Sun and Sister Moon. As for the Senate, I'm allergic to politicians and would be unable to serve.

Than you might be related to Elizabeth Warren. Maybe you can run for Mass. Senate next election.

It just so happens I'm 1/32 Cherokee Indian (which may explain my high cheek bones and inability to hold much liquor). I get goose bumps, goose bumps I tell you, when they play that old Paul Revere and the Raiders' song on oldies radio. If that's enough for me to establish my own reservation, I'll be happy to set it up as a Galt's Gulch.

State governments already allow Tax Increment Financing tools to incentivize development. What if we used the proposal to abate taxes on improvements for twenty years. I know it is not the ultimate answer, but if our country still exists at that point we would have good evidence for our argument for getting the government out of our lives. Unfortunately this would only work with property tax and maybe sales tax. ....Incremental I know.

Good thought, but they will only want their own casino in the Gulch. Spying eyes.

He'd probably have better luck prying away another island in Lake St Clair from Canada, like Walpole Island, or Dickinson Island, either of which are located on either side of the fairly exclusive Harsen's island, and both of which are uninhabited to my knowledge.

hehe... that's an awesome idea. Let's call it "Wyoming" (or insert state name here), and they don't even have to build us a dome.

Yes I agree. I think they should draw the line down the Mississippi River. We could then compete East U.S. against West U.S. (Please make the West the side of the Shruggers).

First, they'd have to come in to make sure the children were alright. Then, everybody would need their vaccines. Then, water rights would have to be established, even if just taken from private well. Then, the waste management board would have to approve what you do with your waste. Then, you'd have to abide by Common Core because we want "no child left behind". Then, you'd have to all pay taxes on commerce. How's the electricity generated? That has to be approved, you know...

We're all just livestock. We might be allowed to have the illusion of freedom as long as we kept the yield up for the farmer...

LOL...you are correct.

There's a better chance of that happening in China than here.

Yeah, I'm a dreamer too. That bummer called reality keeps waking me up.
Our government long ago created reservations to control American Indians. Not to let them experiment with freedom.
I'm not saying such a dream of for real Galt Gulches is an impossibly.
Maybe later. The conniving government we have now only pretends to love freedom.

There is a developer who wants to turn Belle Isle, part of Detroit, MI, into a mini-Hong Kong:
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/07/31/p...

There are 48 Cities of Refuge in the Book of Numbers chapter 35.

Not quite like a Native American reservation. Whatever else an N.A. reservation might be, it is not sovereign, in the way that, say, Bophuthatswana is sovereign. And I don't look for this government to agree to anything like this.

I like the idea but you and I know that the government is not going to let anything like this happen. They do not want to let any of us cash cows go, it would set a bad precedence.

When has the Imperial Federal governemnt ever voluntarily relinquished an iota of control over anyone or anything, ever?

Why would the establishment nurture the seeds of its own destruction? You will be squashed the moment you even make the idea public.

I read some of these comments and I thought I took the ice bucket challenge. Why throw cold water on this idea. I think it has merit.

I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man or ask anyone to live for mine. I never suggested taking any funds. Only the freedom to live as I choose. I think the ten year study would be an easier sell then forever. Since Honduras is working on the concept we would not have to reinvent the wheel administratively. Has anyone seen the framework legislation for their ZEDS?

"Instead of ten years I would make them promise to leave us alone until we gave up and came back. "
It would be a difficult sell. I would be thrilled to see even one such zone established.

I agree with Zenphamy that the money might come with strings and intrusion, BUT if you could get them to do it AND someone there created the next Facebook, they might take interest in expanding the program. Of course they'd want to find a way to get the benefit of the free zone and the benefit of the tax revenue. So it would be the beginning of a struggle, but I'd accept that first step.