Thursday, April 07, 2005

Living in America

What a difference an imaginary line in the dirt makes.

Cameras, seat belts, luxury taxes all lose


CONCORD — The New Hampshire House yesterday set aside bills that would have allowed cameras to catch red light violators, mandate seat belt use by adults and study a luxury tax yesterday.


The tally:

Traffic cameras: defeated 217-99
Mandatory seat belts: defeated 180-124
Luxury tax study: defeated 172-120

Imagine that. Why, one might almost be led to believe that concepts such as liberty, economic freedom, and personal responsibility actually mean something to these people. What an amazingly revolutionary concept!

Also, from the same article:

After brief debate, the House adopted a resolution calling for Congress to designate English as the official language of the United States.


New Hampshire, what's not to love?

Also, to everyone who's e-mailed me or left in the comments section a link to the Free State Project, don't worry, I've been aware of it (and on board) for quite some time now.