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The Vermont Manifesto: The Second Vermont Republic Hardcover

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Not unlike other states, Vermont s quality of life, political independence, and sustainability are threatened by Corporate America, the U.S. government, the war on terrorism, homeland security, American imperialism, and globalization. This is a call for Vermont to reclaim its soul — to return to its rightful status as an independent republic as it once was between 1777 and 1791. In so doing, Vermont can provide a kinder, gentler, more communitarian metaphor for a nation obsessed with money, power, size, speed, greed, and fear of terrorism. Long live the Second Republic of Vermont.

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Professor Emeritus of Economics at Duke University, Thomas H. Naylor is a writer and a social critic who has taught at Middlebury College. An international management consultant specializing in strategic management, Dr. Naylor has consulted with governments and major corporations in over 30 countries. The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, The Nation, and Business Week have published his articles. He has appeared on ABC s Nightline, CBS News, CBC s The National, CNN, National Public Radio, and Minnesota Public Radio.
Downsizing the U.S.A. and Affluenza are the most recent of his 30 books.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2008
    In the Vermont Manifesto, Prof. Naylor gives us ample reasons why the US is no longer a sustainable entity. As with all Empires before it, it is being brought down by the dissolution of its original people and culture through massive immigration from third world countries just like Rome before it. Compounding the situation is the control of the mass media by a minority whereby the US government has been rendered nothing more than a colony of Israel. US politicians never ask what is good for Americans, only, what is good for Israel. How long should real Americans tolerate this train of abuses? The government has taken away our most basic freedoms, such as the freedom of association. Now we can no longer guarantee the safety of our surroundings. Prof. Naylor helps the reader to pose the question to himself, "Why be a slave, when you can be free"? What does the US government do FOR you as opposed to what it does TO you? Do you get to enjoy the fruits of your labors or is it stolen from you by the I.R.S. or any other of their acronym agencies? What do Vermonters have in common with the hispanic gangbangers of L.A. or the crack smoking ghetto dwellers of Detroit? Absolutely nothing. Then why should we be forced against our will to live in the same country with them? And furthermore, forced to support them with the tax dollars stolen from us by the central government. Why should the citizens of Vermont subsidize the ongoing wars for Israel in Palestine, Iraq and soon Iran? The Vermont Manifesto will make you think. And once you start thinking, you will find the current situation to be intolerable. Secession - the answer to tyranny.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2016
    Food for thought.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2004
    Mr. Naylor, Professor emeritus of Duke University, presents an articulate and effective argument for native Vermonters and flatlanders alike. Its points are simple and clear, making for an enjoyable, informative read.
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