I totally missed this, but last summer, the Free State Project, NH Independence, and NHExit all got a mention in Newsweek.
The article, We Demand Better, mentions the upcoming STUDY COMMITTEE BILL (HB 1441), which will have a hearing next Friday 1/23 at 10AM.
I encourage all pro-independence folks to come out to testify. If you’d like help with your testimony, or just want to get involved, reach out to me: carla (at) carla gericke (dot) com.
Here is my testimony on the original independence bill with a $40 Trillion dollar cap. It’s baller. You should watch it right now.
Here are the questions the study commission would be tasked to answer:
(a) What are the fiscal implications of New Hampshire exerting its sovereign rights?
(b) What currency would an independent New Hampshire use?
(c) How would interstate travel and commerce be managed?
(d) How would law enforcement and criminal justice function in an independent state?
(e) What would New Hampshire’s domestic energy policy look like?
(f) What health care system would be in place?
(g) How would New Hampshire defend itself against domestic and foreign threats?
(h) What would be the impact on federal entitlements, such as Social Security and Medicare?
(i) Under what circumstances would asserting sovereign rights be most viable?
(j) What would citizenship and naturalization processes look like?
(k) What would be New Hampshire’s immigration policy?
(l) How would properties currently under federal or interstate jurisdiction be managed or negotiated?
(m) How would residents who oppose independence be treated?
(n) What would be the status of current foreign nationals and U.S. permanent residents in New Hampshire?
(o) Which international bodies and nation-states could be allies or partners following an affirmative independence vote?
See you next Friday!