The group hosts various events, but most of FSP's activities depend upon volunteers and no formal plan dictates to participants or movers what their actions should be in New Hampshire.
The success of the Project would likely entail reductions in taxation and regulation, reforms at all levels of government to expand individual rights and free markets, and a restoration of constitutional federalism, demonstrating the benefits of liberty to the rest of the nation and the world.
[10]"Life, liberty, and property" are rights that were enumerated in the October 1774 Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress[11] and in Article 12 of the New Hampshire Constitution.
Once there, I will exert the fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of civil government is the protection of individuals' life, liberty, and property.The FSP is open to people with a minimum age of 18.
[26] Grafton's appeal as a favorable destination was due to its absence of zoning laws and a very low property tax rate.
The changes they voted in included a 30% reduction in the town's already-small budget,[29] denying funding to the county's senior-citizens council.
[28] The libertarian newcomers additionally increased the city's costs by filing lawsuits against it in an attempt to set legal precedents.
[29] The project has been associated with an increase in the number and aggressiveness of black bears in town, including entering homes, mauling people, and eating pets.
[29] A single, definitive cause for the abnormal behavior of the bears has not been proven, but it may be due to libertarian residents who refuse to buy and use bear-resistant containers, who do not dispose of waste materials (such as feces) safely, or who deliberately put out food to attract the bears to their own yards, but do not feel any responsibility for how their behavior affects their neighbors.
He contacted the sellers, who said that the land had been sold to other buyers, after which the sheriff filed misdemeanor charges against the three men and threatened to arrest them if they returned.
[32] In a press conference later that day, then FSP president Carla Gericke officially announced that the move had been triggered and that signers were expected to follow up on their pledge.
[35] That said, however, the Free State Project is defined as a movement that seeks to relocate people of broadly libertarian ideals, specifically.
[54][55] The Free State Project organizes two annual events in New Hampshire: On February 17, 2006, economist Walter Block publicly expressed his support for the FSP and was quoted as saying: You people are doing the Lord's work.
[61]Jeffrey Tucker reflected about his experiences at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum in Nashua, saying in part: "If you are willing to look past mainstream media coverage of American politics, you can actually find exciting and interesting activities taking place that rise above lobbying, voting, graft and corruption".
[64] In 2010, Lew Rockwell from the Mises Institute endorsed the project and referred to the city of Keene, New Hampshire as "the northern capital of libertarianism".
[74][75][76][77] Several media outlets have said that there was a relationship between the Free Town Project and the bear attacks, and a book was written on the subject by local state reporter Matt Hongoltz-Hetling.
[26][34][74][29] In 2012, the Concord Police Department applied for $258,000 in federal government funding to buy a Lenco BearCat armored vehicle for protection against terrorist attacks, riots, or shooting incidents.
The application mentioned "Free Staters" alongside Sovereign Citizens and Occupy New Hampshire as groups that "are active and present daily challenges".