Greenwood's relationship with the US Federal Government is ... convoluted, to say the least.
Marsden clearly considers it to be subordinate to the US Constitution.
However, he's had his disagreements with every administration he's lived under. (Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush....)
Still, to quote him, "Government isn't about getting what you want all the time. You take the bad with the good. That's part of what freedom's all about. People have the right to be wrong. They have the right to elect someone you yourself may not agree with. That's called democracy."
Of course, its heavy use of Handwavium for various technical purposes is contrary to federal law.
Which, again, Marsden acknowledges. "So is California," he says. "So is Oregon, and New York, and New Mexico, and Illinois, and lots of other places. So-called 'Sanctuary Cities' for illegal immigrants, 'medical marijuana', homosexual marriages, taxing Indian reservations, taxing online purchases from out of state, taxing income of non-resident workers... I could go on. I could name more inflammatory topics. And a lot of us think that some of these ways states break federal law are /good/ things. If you disagreed, you wouldn't be out here."
Is Greenwood Security Services a private military contractor, subject to the laws governing them? The military of a sovereign nation? Or a legitimate militia of a sovereign state, subject to call-up by the federal government in time of war or other national emergency? The question has yet to be raised in any serious forum. No on-the-record comment is known to have been made by US officials on their participation in Operation: Great Justice or other parts of the Boskone War except to thank them (and other Fennish forces) for their support of law and order.
Do Greenwood residents and employees pay US federal income tax? Polls show about one in three do, right now. Rockhounds, Inc., certainly does, including social security taxes on US citizens' wages.
Greenwood currently has no official representation in the United States Congress, but several members have advanced its concerns at various times (most prominently, Zell Miller (D-GA) and Sue Myrick (R-NC).)
As for 'Contingency Plan #3', well, there's always 'Plan B'.
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Marsden clearly considers it to be subordinate to the US Constitution.
However, he's had his disagreements with every administration he's lived under. (Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush....)
Still, to quote him, "Government isn't about getting what you want all the time. You take the bad with the good. That's part of what freedom's all about. People have the right to be wrong. They have the right to elect someone you yourself may not agree with. That's called democracy."
Of course, its heavy use of Handwavium for various technical purposes is contrary to federal law.
Which, again, Marsden acknowledges. "So is California," he says. "So is Oregon, and New York, and New Mexico, and Illinois, and lots of other places. So-called 'Sanctuary Cities' for illegal immigrants, 'medical marijuana', homosexual marriages, taxing Indian reservations, taxing online purchases from out of state, taxing income of non-resident workers... I could go on. I could name more inflammatory topics. And a lot of us think that some of these ways states break federal law are /good/ things. If you disagreed, you wouldn't be out here."
Is Greenwood Security Services a private military contractor, subject to the laws governing them? The military of a sovereign nation? Or a legitimate militia of a sovereign state, subject to call-up by the federal government in time of war or other national emergency? The question has yet to be raised in any serious forum. No on-the-record comment is known to have been made by US officials on their participation in Operation: Great Justice or other parts of the Boskone War except to thank them (and other Fennish forces) for their support of law and order.
Do Greenwood residents and employees pay US federal income tax? Polls show about one in three do, right now. Rockhounds, Inc., certainly does, including social security taxes on US citizens' wages.
Greenwood currently has no official representation in the United States Congress, but several members have advanced its concerns at various times (most prominently, Zell Miller (D-GA) and Sue Myrick (R-NC).)
As for 'Contingency Plan #3', well, there's always 'Plan B'.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.