For the first time in nearly 150 years a credible candidate is running for governor in an American state as an unabashed secessionist. Only this time around, the secessionist candidate hails not from a traditional red state but rather from the bluest of the blue states, namely, the Green Mountain State of Vermont.
Dennis Steele, a fifth generation Vermonter, is the founder and CEO of a well known Internet radio station, Radio Free Vermont, which specializes in Vermont music. The station has listeners in 150 countries worldwide.
Not only is Dennis committed to bringing home the Vermont National Guard troops from Afghanistan and Iraq immediately, but he also supports making Vermont the Switzerland of North America.
Switzerland is one of the wealthiest, most democratic, least violent, most market-oriented countries in the world, with the weakest central government and the most decentralized social welfare system. Founded in 1291, the Swiss Confederation may be the most sustainable nation-state of all-time.
If elected governor, Steele would embrace the following twelve Swiss based principles for a sustainable Free Vermont:
- Small is beautiful
- Gold backed currency
- Fiscal responsibility
- International tax haven
- Swiss federalism
- Direct democracy
- Neutrality – avoiding entangling alliances
- Decentralized health care
- Swiss railroads and infrastructure
- Locally controlled schools
- Decentralized social services
- Sustainable agriculture, energy, and environment
Dennis combines a disarmingly affable, low-key personality with a tenacious, in-your-face style of politics. Although it is surely a long shot, he could be elected Governor of Vermont. At a minimum, Dennis Steele will play a major role in making secession a force to be reckoned with in American politics.
He needs your financial support. Please contribute generously to his campaign. Send your check payable to Steele for Governor to P.O. Box 28, East St. Johnsbury, VT 05838. Alternatively, you can contribute online at his website www.GovernorSteele.com.
Imagine…Free Vermont
Thomas H. Naylor
March 8, 2010
