Nah, they give a ton of money to the reservations and have bureaucrats as thick os fleas.

I'm in!

An excellent thought! Instead of ten years I would make them promise to leave us alone until we gave up and came back. I like this idea. We could even set up Gulches in every State so we get a good sampling. Lots of possibilities.

I like the idea but you and I know that the government is not going to let anything like this happen. They do not want to let any of us cash cows go, it would set a bad precedence.

When has the Imperial Federal governemnt ever voluntarily relinquished an iota of control over anyone or anything, ever?

Why would the establishment nurture the seeds of its own destruction? You will be squashed the moment you even make the idea public.

It just so happens I'm 1/32 Cherokee Indian (which may explain my high cheek bones and inability to hold much liquor). I get goose bumps, goose bumps I tell you, when they play that old Paul Revere and the Raiders' song on oldies radio. If that's enough for me to establish my own reservation, I'll be happy to set it up as a Galt's Gulch.

hehe... that's an awesome idea. Let's call it "Wyoming" (or insert state name here), and they don't even have to build us a dome.

Yes I agree. I think they should draw the line down the Mississippi River. We could then compete East U.S. against West U.S. (Please make the West the side of the Shruggers).

First, they'd have to come in to make sure the children were alright. Then, everybody would need their vaccines. Then, water rights would have to be established, even if just taken from private well. Then, the waste management board would have to approve what you do with your waste. Then, you'd have to abide by Common Core because we want "no child left behind". Then, you'd have to all pay taxes on commerce. How's the electricity generated? That has to be approved, you know...

We're all just livestock. We might be allowed to have the illusion of freedom as long as we kept the yield up for the farmer...

There's a better chance of that happening in China than here.

I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man or ask anyone to live for mine. I never suggested taking any funds. Only the freedom to live as I choose. I think the ten year study would be an easier sell then forever. Since Honduras is working on the concept we would not have to reinvent the wheel administratively. Has anyone seen the framework legislation for their ZEDS?

I agree with Zenphamy that the money might come with strings and intrusion, BUT if you could get them to do it AND someone there created the next Facebook, they might take interest in expanding the program. Of course they'd want to find a way to get the benefit of the free zone and the benefit of the tax revenue. So it would be the beginning of a struggle, but I'd accept that first step.

State governments already allow Tax Increment Financing tools to incentivize development. What if we used the proposal to abate taxes on improvements for twenty years. I know it is not the ultimate answer, but if our country still exists at that point we would have good evidence for our argument for getting the government out of our lives. Unfortunately this would only work with property tax and maybe sales tax. ....Incremental I know.

Good thought, but they will only want their own casino in the Gulch. Spying eyes.

Yeah, I'm a dreamer too. That bummer called reality keeps waking me up.
Our government long ago created reservations to control American Indians. Not to let them experiment with freedom.
I'm not saying such a dream of for real Galt Gulches is an impossibly.
Maybe later. The conniving government we have now only pretends to love freedom.

There is a developer who wants to turn Belle Isle, part of Detroit, MI, into a mini-Hong Kong:
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/07/31/p...

Not quite like a Native American reservation. Whatever else an N.A. reservation might be, it is not sovereign, in the way that, say, Bophuthatswana is sovereign. And I don't look for this government to agree to anything like this.