Charles Schumer Tells Americans They Can't Leave So Easily

We wrote about Facebook co-founder, Eduardo Saverin, defecting from the US last week ("The Great Defection From The West").  Apparently we weren't the only ones to notice.

Today, Lyin' Chuck Schumer held a news conference to unveil the "Ex-PATRIOT" - "Expatriation Prevention by Abolishing Tax-Related Incentives for Offshore Tenancy" - Act to respond directly to Saverin's move, which they dub a "scheme" that would "help him duck up to $67 million in taxes."

Parasites don't like it when their host can leave so quickly and easily. Schumer plans to use violence to re-impose taxes on expatriates like Saverin even after they flee the United States and take up residence in a foreign country. Their proposal would also impose a mandatory 30 percent tax on the capital gains of anybody who renounces their U.S. citizenship.  And, perhaps most importantly, the plan would bar individuals like Saverin from ever reentering the United States again.

TDV Correspondent, Menno Troyer contacted us today to state the following:

"Somehow, as an involuntary citizen of the US, this proposed legislation frightens me more than all of the US's previous, rapidly escalating police state moves combined."

We agree.  This bill, if passed, would take the state of affairs between the US Government and the people they deem to own to an entirely new level.  To say the least, Schumer's financial terrorist attacks today show the US Government for what it really is... and shows US citizens as the tax slaves that they are.

Even that old refrain from brainwashed patriots that, "If you don't like it you can leave," would no longer be sufficient.  It would have to be amended to, "If you don't like it, we will rob you and you can never be allowed to return here under threat of violence."  Not quite as snappy of a comeback.

But, as with all government programs it will have the opposite effect of its intention.  You don't think many wealthy people aren't looking at this news and thinking they better get out now before this bill is enacted?  And furthermore, now the government is saying that they will tax you more and you can never return... the next logical step once tax revenues decline even further after more wealthy Americans defect will be to not allow people to leave at all.  Schumer's bill has it right in the title, "Expatriation Prevention".  You can't get much clearer than that.

This is how all socialist-styled systems end.  You didn't think that fence on the border with Mexico was to keep Mexicans out, did you?  At this rate, it won't be too much longer until Americans are washing up, straggly and malnourished in makeshift boats on the shores of caribbean islands begging for asylum.

THE GOVERNMENT OWNS YOU

The US Government considers its citizens as their property.  Their tax slaves.  And the assets of their citizens are also deemed to be theirs... that's why Charlie Schumer is outraged.  One of his best tax slaves just got away.  It's like a farmer losing a prized cow.

Consider what would happen if Eduardo Saverin stayed in the US.  After the Facebook IPO he'd have a massive capital gain and a hefty amount of it would be absconded by the Government.  With what he had left he'd have to pay heavy taxes on any income he earned from his assets over the course of his lifetime, surely billions more in tax payments.  And then, even when he dies, a death tax (estate tax) would take another 35% of his assets.

Saverin, who was born in Brazil and who has lived in Singapore since 2009, would have been a very lucrative tax cow for years to come.  Poor Schumer and the rest of the US Government henchmen must have been thinking, "We can't allow this to continue.  We need that money.  Those innocent women and children over in Afghanistan aren't just going to bomb themselves."

WE TOLD YOU SO

We hate being the guys who always tell you we told you so... but we told you so!  We've said for years that the western nation-states will continue to make it more and more difficult for productive people to leave the country or get their assets outside of the country.

Today should be a massive wake-up call for anyone who has been considering those options but has been on the fence.  The US Government showed its true colors.  They own you and your assets.

We know your spouse doesn't believe what you are telling them.  Most people are programmed to believe their nightly news and what their friends tell them.  They may even think you are crazy for wanting to get some of your assets outside of the country.

People who prepare for rare events seem crazy... until it happens.  Then they seem pretty smart.

WHAT CAN YOU DO

It is absolutely critical for all those who live in the western world and who own assets to get a significant percentage of their assets outside of their own country now.  And it is also highly prudent to get a second passport to give yourself options should your own government begin to restrict travel and expatriation.  We expect that more things like this are coming.  We expect that it won't be too long before the US disallows dual citizenship... meaning they won't allow you to get a second foreign passport.  So get one now before it is too late.

Here is what any reasonable person in the west should be doing today:

• Close out retirement savings accounts and move the assets outside of the country (see more on why here, "Forget Retirement and Retirement Savings").  If you do not wish to close out your retirement accounts there may be options.  In the US you can move your IRA assets outside of the country via a self-directed IRA (see more on getting one here).
• Own precious metals to protect from further fiat currency devaluation.  And, look to geopolitically diversify your gold and silver.  (see more here in Getting Your Gold Out Of Dodge).
• Start the process to get a second passport.  There are ways to get a second passport in less than a month (contact TDVPassports.com for more).
• Start up an International Business Corporation and get a bank account in an offshore jurisdiction (see more at TDVOffshore.com).

Don't delay.  Charles Schumer is coming for you next and he wants his money.

Your government registered financial advisor will not tell you any of the above.  That's why it's more important than ever to think for yourself.  Subscribe to The Dollar Vigilante to keep abreast of all the news, analysis and actionable information on surviving The End Of The Monetary System As We Know It (TEOTMSAWKI).

Sending Your Kids to Public School is Child Abuse

I don't know why it was so obvious to me.  School was prison for kids.  That's the way I saw it.  But as I looked at my fellow school inmates around me they didn't seem to notice.

By the time I reached high school I had resigned myself to just getting a passing grade to make my parents happy and move on.  My goal: 50%.  I didn't want 51%... if I got that, I was trying too hard.  I'd rarely show up.  And when I did I'd sit in the back row listening to the horse race reports from the warmup sessions at the track where I would go each evening and, in nearly 100 visits, perhaps recorded a loss at the end of each evening once or twice.

As for school, I'd really only go for the tests.  I'd go two hours early and speed read the textbook and make sure I knew just enough to pass.  I was quite good at it, to the point where on my final exam of high school I had planned it perfectly so passing the course would give me just enough to graduate and I even knew the exact score I needed on the test to pass: 62%.

It was social studies, which I detested for having to memorize obvious propaganda, but it was easy enough to pass the exam.  I'd short-term memorize as much as I could and the dates and places that I couldn't remember I'd write on my forearm, or my leg, or on any number of cheat sheets I had.  It was a two hour exam and there were multiple choice questions worth 70% and essays worth 30%.  I went through the multiple choice in about 30 minutes and knew I had enough to get 62% so I didn't even bother with the essay section.  I got up to leave and was informed that there was a "minimum time requirement of 1 hour".

"A minimum time requirement," I complained!  "But, I'm done!"

"Go sit until the hour is up," they admonished.  Servitude to unworthy authoritarian figures is the real goal of schooling in the west.  Angry, and bored for the next 30 minutes, I went on to write some of the more disturbing and outright erroneous essay answer questions probably ever recorded in social studies history.

But, finally the hour was up and I could escape.  And I did pass that course and finally was allowed out of child prison.

THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW

Even back in the 1980s school was atrocious.  But when I look at what is going on today I can only come to one conclusion: sending your child to public school in the US is child abuse.

Think I'm exagerrating?  Hear me out.

Let's just start with all the injections your child will receive if you force them to go for their government training.  The fascist US Government which is one in the same with the pharmaceutical industry continues to want to inject more and more heinous chemicals into your children while they have them under their "care".

In one instance, a 14 year old girl was forced to take vaccinations for hepatitis A, seasonal influenza, meningitis, and HPV (Gardasil) in a Detroit area school despite her parents previously-stated opposition to their daughter receiving medical treatments from the school (see story here).

This is just standard operating procedure at most school's nowadays.  "Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school," said Melinda Harmon, a US Federal Judge, recently.

Giving multiple vaccines is "like a sudden onslaught to the body’s immune system", according to this Australian Government study.  And, when given to youngsters whose immune system hasn't yet fully formed, it can be catastrophic for health... which is probably the point.  Remember, people like Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Al Gore and more are trying to do as much as possible to reduce the global population.  Bill Gates has even stated publicly that vaccines are one of the best way to do this.

Now, in a new amendment to California's Health and Safety Code as it relates to vaccinations will take effect this fall for the 2012-2013 school year, and will require all incoming seventh graders, as well as eighth and twelfth graders for the first year, to get a Tdap booster vaccination for pertussis (whooping cough) before being admitted to school.  Mandatory.

"A number of clinical laboratory studies demonstrate that vaccines may cause chronic damage to the G.I. tract, immune system, brain, and other organs," says Bernard Rimland, Ph.D., an American research psychologist, writer, lecturer and advocate for autistic children.

And, once your child has had their immune system attacked by countless unnecessary and dangerous vaccines (autism has increased 1000% since 1990 due to vaccines) then the government will be looking to give them all manner of other chemicals.

Your child has a little too much energy and doesn't want to sit and listen to complete morons trying to brainwash them with garbage?  They'll be sent home with a prescription for the highly addictive and dangerous chemical, adderall.

PRISON ENVIRONMENT

When they aren't being dumbed down by drugs or having their immune system destroyed by vaccines they have to actually deal with their Lord of the Flies type environment.

Many parents actually are aware of this environment and will support it stating it is good... it will toughen them up, they say.  We're not so sure sending your five, ten or fifteen year old into something that is not that different than a high security prison to avoid getting shivved in the bathroom is the best way to teach them about life.  You could just rent Oz for them and save them some terrible emotional scars.

TDV subscriber and correspondent, David Giessel, sent us these photos of a maximum security prison in Oakland recently:

And this:

Well, maximum security child prison.  That's an elementary school in Oakland.  Your kids will have such warm memories of their time interned, no doubt!

And, if you try to get out, microchips implanted in your child's school uniform will notify the authorities, if this technique used in Brazil catches on... and it is sure to.

And that is when the state isn't trying to trap your kids into victimless crimes to bust them.  A 22 year old cop in Exiter California wasted eight months of stolen taxpayer money trying to trap little kids into buying something, anything which would take away the pain of 12 years of being imprisoned in their formative years.  Nearly a year later he had ruined the lives of twelve high school prisoners and all but ensured their graduation to adult prison... or as they call it, prison.

The cop was almost giddy as he stated, "A lot of jaws dropped when they saw me.  They knew me as that kid at school that they hung around with, and then the next thing they're in handcuffs and I'm in a uniform."

And when they aren't being beaten up or entrapped into prison sentences by the state, they are being prepared for their future FEMA camp internment.

According to "The End Of The American Dream":

All over the United States, school children are being taken out of their classrooms, put on buses and sent to "alternate locations" during terror drills. These exercises are often called "evacuation drills" or "relocation drills" and they are more than a little disturbing. Sometimes parents are notified in advance where the kids are being taken and sometimes they are only told that the children are being taken to an "undisclosed location". In the years since 9/11 and the Columbine school shootings, there has been a concerted effort to make school emergency drills much more "realistic" and much more intense. Unfortunately, the fact that many of these drills are deeply traumatizing many children does not seem to bother too many people. Do we really need to have "active shooter" drills where men point guns at our kids and fire blanks at them? Do we really need to have "relocation drills" where kids are rapidly herded on to buses and told that they must surrender their cell phones because they will not be allowed to call anyone? Our schools more closely resemble prison camps every single day, and it is our children that are suffering because of it.

 Or, like at an elementary school in Baltimore recently, three nine-year-old girls and an eight-year-old boy were arrested for fighting and marched out of their elementary school in handcuffs.  In New Haven, Connecticut a 10-year-old boy was actually arrested by police for giving another student "a wedgie" on a school bus.  Or, in San Mateo, California a few months ago a 7-year-old special education student was blasted in the face with pepper spray because he would not quit climbing on the furniture.  Police were then able to subdue the boy and he was "committed for a psychiatric evaluation".

And, when they aren't being arrested or handcuffed, the school will be working to ensure your child adheres to the will of the collective and does not try to be an individual and use their own mind independently as this teacher's letter reinforces:

CHILD ABUSE

You can state that you have been the victim of theft and are forced to pay for these schools.  And, yes, you are.  But nothing can justify actually sending your children off everyday to this type of environment.  If you do, you are a child abuser.  Especially when homeschooling and unschooling have been made so eminently possible thanks to the internet.

You can then state that thanks to the socialist/fascist government and the central banks you've been so impoverished that you and your wife must work 18 hour days just to survive... and that is why you send your kids to prison camp.  But, even that is not justification enough to do this to your own children.  If this is the case and you cannot find any other way then leave where you live and search for a place with better opportunities.

It's hard.  I know.  It was hard for your ancestors to get on that boat and survive scurvy and come to a foreign land to make a living too.  But they did it.

Here, at TDV, we are working on all manner of ways to help people in that situation.  We are helping people get out of the western world through foreign residencies and second passports (TDVPassports.com)... and the TDV newsletter regularly covers all these subjects.

The latest thing we are working on is a liberty-minded enclave, likely in Mexico to start (and then other locations through Asia, Africa and Central/South America afterwards) which will be built in co-housing style.  Our top priority will be self-sufficiency and a true community environment where the occupants live, work and co-operate with each other to build a prosperous community.  And the other main factor is price.  We want to make it as cheap as possible to attract young, freedom-minded families.  We are talking under $50,000 for a complete family unit and total daily living costs of under $5, using economies of scale  to efficiently provide organic food and homeschooling/unschooling opportunities for all.  Not anarcho-communism... that is seriously stupid.  But a community of anarchists who believe in property rights and the non-aggression principle.

This is the type of thing we are working on here at TDV.  Stay tuned for more.  In the meantime, don't be a fool, get your child out of school.

How an IBC Can Help Set You Free

"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men." - Ayn Rand

If civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy then we’ve never been more uncivilized.  And we've never been less free.  The horrific experiment in social democracies in the west, replete with their welfare (left wing statist) and warfare (right wing statist) state factions and accompanying fascism and communist-fashioned central banks is coming to an end...  as any unnatural system based on theft and violence should.  Every country in the west is reaching the end of their ability to keep up the illusion that they can spend more than they produce for eternity.

This point was nearly reached in 1980 when, after less than a decade after the final link to gold had been removed the dollar, the entire system nearly collapsed.  There was only one reason it didn't.  The debt levels of the western countries only had 9 years to build up and they had not risen to an unsustainable level.  So, as inflation from central bank money printing began to get out of control they had an option: to raise interest rates to the point where inflation was stifled.

But now, western countries have built up massive amounts of debt.  In 1980 the US had $900 billion in debt.  Today it has $16 trillion.  And now they are the victim of a double whammy.

1. They cannot find enough buyers for all the debt as it grows to massive proportions.  This is why the Federal Reserve is now the largest owner of US Treasuries, by far.  In 2011, a stunning 61 percent of the total net Treasury issuance was purchased by the Federal Reserve.
2. They cannot allow interest rates to rise to levels to quell the monetary inflation.  At $16 trillion in US Federal Government debt, an interest rate of only 10% would require $1.6 trillion per year in interest payments.  Total federal tax revenue in 2011 was $2.5 trillion, meaning more than half of tax theft revenue would go to interest payments alone.  If interest rates were to rise to the levels they achieved in 1980, of 18%, interest payments would be more than the total tax theft revenue of the Federal Government, at $2.8 trillion.

In other words: rock meets hard place.

And now we watch the nation-state beast thrash about in its death throes.  The eurozone is again making headlines as its collapse continues and the US continues to have 23% unemployment (when calculated the way it was calculated in the 1990s).  Both regions have been so hollowed out by decade after decade of government intervention and outright theft and destruction of wealth caused by interest rate manipulation, price signal obsfucation caused by inflation and economy-destroying taxes and regulations that there is precisely a 0% chance of either having any sort of recovery.

THE POLITICAL THIEF CLASS' OPTIONS

Now, as the political thief class looks to keep the game alive a little longer to extract their riches from the productive class, they are desperate to do anything to keep it alive a little longer.

Their options include:

• A) The US and other western countries default on their unpayable debt.  But, because the entire monetary system is based on this very debt it will entail a complete implosion of the financial system that feeds the political class... not high on the list of priorities for any politician
• B) Inflate more to fool people into thinking the economy is recovering and get them to destroy more of their own wealth in chasing the next bubble.  But, the US has just achieved its 40th consecutive month of double-digit monetary inflation.  That is an all-time record.  This means that a further increase in inflation pushes the US to the brink of hyperinflation.  Once we enter hyperinflation, the US dollar likely reaches its intrinsic value of zero within 6-18 months.
• C) Confiscate more of the wealth of the citizenry to keep the system alive a little longer.

(A) is politically impossible.  Obama's "hope and change" and now the Marxist slogan, "forward", does not work well with him stepping up to the microphone to say the US is broke and there will be no socialist security checks or welfare checks issued tomorrow.  Therefore, (B) is where we are most likely headed.  But, in order to stave off collapse just a little longer, (C) is now looking like an all-you-can-eat restaurant to a bunch of fat people who haven't eaten in six hours.

So, let the confiscations begin!

WHAT IS A PRODUCTIVE, FREEDOM LOVING PERSON TO DO?

Because of this and having the ability to see what is going on around them, a deluge of the productive class have begun to exit the west.  Some people don't wait until it is too late to begin to prepare.

We reported last week in "The Great Defection From The West" how people like Eduardo Saverin, Facebook co-founder, and numerous Frenchies have defected and left the US and France for friendlier shores.

But what about those who can't or don't want to leave the tax farm in which they live?  There are still some options for getting some assets outside of the grasp of the ravenous grasp of the collective group of criminals who purport to own you.

For Americans, those options continue to narrow, as we reported in "Hear That?  It's the Sound of the Door Closing For Americans".  Options for Americans to have a foreign bank account have shrank dramatically in the last few months alone.  And we expect this type of thing to happen to most western country citizens including the UK and Europeans.

This is where the International Business Corporation (IBC) comes in.

HOW AN IBC CAN HELP SET YOU FREE

An International Business Corporation (IBC) is normally set-up in a theft-free jurisdiction and can enable you to put a buffer between you and your assets so as to give you some level of financial privacy from prying eyes.  It is, simply, just a corporation you own outside of the area where you live and outside of the direct control of the people who issue you your slave card (passport).

There are near limitless benefits to owning an IBC, depending on the jurisdiction.  One of the best is Belize.  Here are a few benefits to owning a Belize IBC:

• Complete anonymity and privacy for your Belize IBC.
• Outside of U.S. court jurisdiction.
• Perfect for protecting liquid assets, such as investment portfolios or cash.
• Ideal for business owners who want to operate offshore businesses.
• Perfect for someone wanting to purchase investments not available to US citizens.

It should be a number one priority of anyone living in the western world to get at least a portion of their assets outside of the country and an IBC makes this even easier and more secure.  As well, if you structure your affairs properly you can reduce taxes you are forced to pay, even to zero, depending on your citizenship and residency... all completely legally (consult a tax professional in your jurisdiction for more).

It is our humble and perhaps incredibly naive opinion that your assets are...... YOUR assets!  And an IBC is an option to ensure that your assets stay your assets from any attempt at theft, no matter from whom.

BELIZE IBC AND A ST. VINCENT BANK ACCOUNT

It is for this reason that we've hired a number of new staff lately.  They are charged with making the necessary contacts and arrangements to set-up IBC's as cheaply, quickly and in the best jurisdictions possible.  We lured James Guzman down to Acapulco from Barbados, and St. Vincent, to head up this department using his knowledge of IBCs and banking in theft-free jurisdictions.

We asked him to tell us where the cheapest, quickest and easiest place is to set-up an IBC that meets all our requirements of privacy.  He has chosen Belize.  And then we asked him where the best, easiest, cheapest and quickest place is to set up a bank account for a Belize IBC.  He told us the best is in St. Vincent.

We then told him to set up the necessary contacts to allow for TDV clients to get fully set-up cheaply and with minimal hassle, all through one point of contact.  He did that and now we are offering a Belize IBC and a St. Vincent bank account set-up for all nationalities, as a joint package for $1,895.  You can see more here: http://www.tdvoffshore.com/belize.html.

Discounts apply to TDV subscribers as always.  Email James at jguzman@tdvmedia.com for more.

IBC's... just one more way to keep what you have earned through the ongoing End Of The Monetary System As We Know It (TEOTMSAWKI) from your non-government registered and unbrainwashed financial advisors at TDV.

Is Money the Root of All Evil?

[The Following post is by TDV Correspondent Justin O'Connell]

We've all heard the phrase, money is the root of all evil like it is a constant of the universe... especially if you have some Marxists or even mild socialists (everybody today) on your Facebook friends.  But is this an accurate statement? Is money the root of all evil? Can modern man even know what he is talking about in this regard or does his lack of experience with real money weigh too heavy on the way he sees the world? Mark Twain said that the lack of money is the root of all evil, and the more I’ve pondered this, the more I’ve wondered: is it, in fact, the lack of money in modern civilization that is actually the root of all evil?

First of all, we must get our definition for money sorted out. Money is a circulating medium of exchange in any given society. Today, the nations of the world use fiat currency as their official medium of exchange. But, is fiat currency truly money?

The argument against fiat currency as money is simple. Its compulsory nature does not make it a good candidate for the medium of circulation in a harmonious society. We as individuals are required to use it by law (force), as decreed by behemoths (thugs) of officialdom. This is an unnatural state of money, as a  medium of exchange is most effective when it is voluntary. To be forced into a way of life does not constitute money, but, instead control. It is perhaps more accurate to call the US Dollar, for example, a medium of control than a medium of exchange.

Money is the lifeblood of a civilization, and this civilization’s lifeblood is deplete of nutrition and circulates weakly. There is no strong heartbeat here. Just like the human body must through its blood circulate nutrition, so too must civilization through money circulate the needed goods and services which give rise to its functional character, but this civilization has been hooked on empty preservatives for millennia and so its character is lethargic and prone to outbursts of angers resulting in, as you know, genocidal episodes. The psychopathy of civilization is the result of a terrible monetary diet which is the impetus of misery at all strata of society. We are undoubtedly enslaved through the medium which is supposed to help us be free.

There is a pronounced difference between money and fiat money. Whereas money comes into existence through trial-and-error and remains because of its practicality, fiat money can come into existence only via government force. There is no other way by which fiat money could come into use in a culture. It is simply too impractical. Who wants to be forced into anything? Take away the indoctrination which starts young – it must start young so that it can truly take in an individual throughout his or her life – and nobody would want much to do with fiat currency. We just have to have it in order to pay indulgences to the state or receive a good or service from a rigid corporation whose decision-makers probably have the day off. "State"-forbid one of us decide to introduce our own sort of money into our communities, as then we might become the victim of one of those aforementioned “anger outbursts.”

In a sane culture, the onus would be on us to choose what sort of money to use. In a free society, many competing currencies would be available on the marketplace, and any individual or company would have the freedom to begin circulating their own money. The next question is, ‘what’s the demand for this new money which has been introduced onto the marketplace?’

Free Market Money?Through trial-and-error, the individual would learn which type of money available best suits the lifestyle they wish to embark upon. As a young child, one might be determined to use, I don’t know, say, beanie babies as their money of choice. (Remember the craze which sent grown adults to McDonalds for their investment in a free beanie baby toy?)

Now, what the child will have to learn is that there is no demand for beanie babies as there is no practical reason to use them as money. After a good sobering up after the sheer disappointment of having a preferred medium of exchange rejected by the humbug of commerce, the child will learn what he or she can use for money, and make an educated decision.

So, it dawned on me: A major problem of civilization – which is a problem on its own – is its lack of money. There is no such thing as money in the world today – only control. What we currently refer to as money – fiat currency- is not money at all, but, rather, a decreed condition of man. It is a medium of control and little more. Just because it smells like money, looks like money and tastes like money (not that the Federal Reserve Note resembles anything like this once the indoctrination is broken) does not mean it is money. Don’t be deceived, as Twain was right: in our civilization today, the lack of money – and the fiat deception marauding as such – is the root of all evil. I’d go as far to say that this lack of money is the fulcrum of control for the ruling class.

Justin O'Connell studied History and German Language at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, where, in his spare time, he researched current events and their relationship to history. In his studies he has found that societies have been managed by philosophically-kindred ruling classes seeking persistently a singular, total order across the planet. Justin does not believe in government as a medium for human relationships, preferring instead the race of human ideas stemming from a diverse, vibrant culture. Currently, he is a proponent of physical silver as a means of wealth preservation and disobedience to the financial system, and lives in southern California. He writes at the Dollar Vigilante inspired site, Silver Vigilante.

A Special Invitation to the Porcupine Freedom Festival

Dear TDV Reader/Subscriber,

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join me in Lancaster, New Hampshire from June 18-24 for the Porcupine Freedom Festival (PorcFest).

This is my first time attending the festival but I have heard countless good things about the experience and decided that this year I must make the trek north to see it for myself.  I'll be speaking Friday, June 22nd, at 7pm with my presentation, "One Man's Lifetime Journey from Enslavement to Freedom... And How We Can All Follow".  I'll likely also be sitting in on one or two panels and will be filming a plethora of episodes of Anarchast with all the freedom-minded people who will be attending.

I'll hope to see you there!

The following is some promotional material and information on the festival:

This year, the Porcupine Freedom Festival will be held on June 18-24, 2012 in Lancaster, NH. 

Haven't heard of the Porcupine Freedom Festival? How about "Porcfest", as it's lovingly called for short? If you have heard of this festival, you know that you are not going to want to miss it. If you haven't heard of Porcfest, here's why you will want to be there this year….and every year after. In fact, why not just move to NH to be a part of this year round community?

Each year Porcfest grows bigger and better than the last. This year is no exception. What should you expect at this year's Porcfest? Here's a few things to share about what 2012's Porcupine Freedom Festival has in store.

This year they have returning guests such as Stefan Molyneux and Robert Murphy. They also will have some new guests who have had the word reach them about the awesomeness which is PorcFest and are excited to make their first appearances. Most recently announced Porcfest will be welcoming world infamous financial freedom fighter, Jeff Berwick, the editor of The Dollar Vigilante and host of Anarchast.  As well, best-selling and Prometheus award-winning author F. Paul Wilson join us the lineup, only a month after the release of his concluding novel in the Repairman Jack series. In addition to speaking on his experiences as a libertarian writer, F. Paul will be officiating the Flash Fiction Contest for PorcFest attendees.

For those who had enough of that learning stuff in school, there is also plenty of fun in store. Parties, kids activities and socializing in "meat space" are important parts of Porcfest. From musical guests to some really smashing parties, there will be something for people of all ages. At the end of the day you can wind down in the in the Think Twice Theater, which will be showing both classic liberty-themed films, as well as the as-yet-unreleased Silver Circle and Chartarum.

With all of this, we have not even scratched the surface of what PorcFest is really all about. The Porcupine Freedom Festival was established by the Free State Project to gather together New Hampshire natives, settlers, and prospective movers to see what this whole movement and life in the Granite State is really like. To that end, they have realtors and representatives from the various communities to answer your questions about where to settle down. There will be recruiting agents and business folk to talk to you about finding employment and they will have politicians to report on their efforts and explain how you can run for office. There will also be a variety of activists will be on site who will be more than happy to get you involved in all manner of efforts that are already going on today.

Now you may be asking yourself how we are able to pull off a week-long festival for the low price of $35 per person. The answer is that we cannot. It takes a number of sponsors such as Silver Circle, Paysius.com, Shire Society, and the Porcupine Realtor to make this thing happen.  

So you may not be someone who has a reason to advertise to the attendees of PorcFest. That's totally fine, because we have created the VIP (Very Important Porcupine) registration just for you. For the affordable additional contribution of $75, you can be recognized with some extra Porcupine love reserved only for VIPs.  Register today to help us make this event as awesome as possible.

PorcFest - Liberty in our Life... Now.

Contact Porcfest: 

General Inquiries - Info@Porcfest.com
Vending - Vend@Porcfest.com
Entertainment - Bands@Porcfest.com
Volunteer – Volunteer@Porcfest.com
Donations & Sponsorships - Sponsor@Porcfest.com