They have tourism: the fall colours, the lakes and mountains for summer + spring, the skiing, and maple syrup. I;'ve rarely sen a land so blessed for all year round tourism. :-)

>Personally, I think this guy is an idiot. Everybody will become a self sustaining farmer? Is there enough land for everybody? Who will pay for roadwork, hospitals, education etc? This is really, really dumb.
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>>Vermont has also been the destination of many libertarians hoping to eventually populate a liberal state and make it a free libertarian republic of its own.
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>>http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2513/81/
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>>>What are these people thinking?! Vermont as its own country? What would sustain their economy on a world market?
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>>>I guess it's a bit like Quebec here. There seems to be the idea that if they secede, then they will have their own country, but things will still be the same. They'll use Canadian money, still get money transfers from the Canadian Government etc. There seems to be little idea about what their economy would actually be based on and what it would become.
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>>>Ontario has a lot of manufacturing, but even Ontario would likely go down the tubes if it had to exist as a separate country. About the only place in Canada that would probably be able to pull it off is Alberta because of their already vibrant oil economy. The east coast might have a shot too, but it's too early to tell.
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>>>>If Vermont secedes, I'm moving North fast :o) I'd consider Tennessee if it didn't include Memphis. Can't imagine the crime getting any better after a wave of new residents with anarchy on their mind...
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>>>>>A bit of levity for your Wednesday afternoon.
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>>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071003/ap_on_re_us/secessionist_movement_1