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Vermont Secessionist Movement



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Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:10 pm
Nate says...



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In Vermont, nascent secession movement gains traction

By John Curran, Associated Press Writer | June 3, 2007

MONTPELIER, Vt. --At Riverwalk Records, the all-vinyl record store just down the street from the state Capitol, the black "US Out of Vt.!" T-shirts are among the hottest sellers.
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But to some people in Vermont, the idea is bigger than a $20 novelty. They want Vermont to secede from the United States -- peacefully, of course.

Disillusioned by what they call an empire about to fall, a small cadre of writers and academics is plotting political strategy and planting the seeds of separatism.

They've published a "Green Mountain Manifesto" subtitled "Why and How Tiny Vermont Might Help Save America From Itself by Seceding from the Union." They hope to put the question before citizens at Town Meeting Day next March, eventually persuading the state Legislature to declare independence, returning Vermont to the status it held from 1777 to 1791.

Whether it's likely is another question.

But the idea has found plenty of sympathetic ears in Vermont, a left-leaning state that said yes to civil unions, no to slavery (before any other) and last year elected a socialist to the U.S. Senate.


My own comment: This is not really big news; there's always been a secessionist movement in Vermont as well as a few other states (Montana, Texas, Hawaii). But, it's still interesting.
  





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Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:26 am
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I think we Vermonters are pretty famously liberal. (Civil unions, anyone?) There's always someone saying that we ought to secede, and it ebbs and flows. From my own experiences in grade school state history classes, having once been independent is an issue of state pride.

Even assuming it did go all of the way through to an official secession, I'm not sure how big an impact it would have on the country. We (by which I mean, Vermonters) would be pretty screwed for awhile while we tried to work out how to pay for all of the things the government funds. (As it is, we can't fund our schools.)
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Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:07 pm
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Meep wrote:I think we Vermonters are pretty famously liberal. (Civil unions, anyone?)


Here in MA, we totally pwn you with actual marriage, as opposed to civil unions.

ANYWAY.... well, um, OK. This makes perfect sense.
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:06 am
Leja says...



If all these states actually went through with seceeding, the United States would be composed of only... Ohio. And I see a few of them walking towards the border as we speak. *is facetious*
  








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