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Paulville? Count Ron Paul Out
May 12, 2008
(The Politico)
The founders of Paulville recently announced the purchase of the first
50 acres in West Texas on which they plan to build one of their "gated
communities containing 100 percent Ron Paul sup****ters and or people
that live by the ideals of freedom and liberty."
One man who won't be moving there anytime soon: Ron Paul.
"I don't think that's the solution," says the still-running Republican
presidential candidate. "You want to spread out and be as pervasive as
possible."
The driving idea behind Paulville -- that likeminded lovers of liberty
should band together -- is not a new one. In 2003, thousands of
libertarians vowed to move to New Hamp****re as part of the Free State
Project. Paul was no more sanguine on that effort, saying that
population spillover from Massachusetts had overwhelmed it.
"They outnumbered us, the liberals leaving Massachusetts," he says.
"They wanted to pay less taxes, but then again, they wanted more
government and they outnumbered the ones who wanted less government."
Paulville, meanwhile, is much less likely than New Hamp****re to attract
Massachusetts liberals. But it does boast some green possibilities that
a Northeast liberal might like. Snuggled deep into West Texas, the plot,
according to Paulville.org, was chosen for its high amount of sun****ne
-- the better to power solar panels and keep off the grid.
The community is structured as a co-op; freedom-loving denizens can
purchase plots as small as one acre and are not required to use the
co-op's water or energy supply.
But dropping out and creating an isolated community isn't the answer,
says Paul, a congressman from Texas. "You don't want the ideas to be
centered in one place," he says. "But it shows how desperate people are
for freedom."
Consistent with his beliefs in liberty, however, he doesn't outright
oppose Paulville. "I don't see that as a solution, but it can't hurt
anything either," he says.
Paul's non-endorsement of Paulville comes at what seems to be a perilous
time for the infant community. On Monday, just days after the
announcement of the land purchase, the Web site Paulville.org went out
of existence. No contact information had been on the site when it was
live; phone calls and e-mails to the site administrator over the last
several days have gone unreturned.
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Dan Clore
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Skipper: Professor, will you tell these people who is
in charge on this island?
Professor: Why, no one.
Skipper: No one?
Thurston Howell III: No one? Good heavens, this is anarchy!
-- _Gilligan's Island_, episode #6, "President Gilligan"
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