Greetings good folks and freedom lovers!
I have been thinking about moving to Wyoming from North carolina for years now, on account of the likelihood of finding like-minded people; and with the potential descent of the US into a totalitarian police state, I always figured on WY being the last free spot on earth. More recently I heard of the Free State Project, and afterward, the Wyoming Free State Project. I think what you outstanding patriots are doing here is great for our nation, and for our individual liberties.
I am a self employed tech worker. I never met a computer or network that I couldn't fix or build. I only recently became self employed in an effort to attain self determination. As it stands, I am moving very slowly and subsisting from client to client with ramen noodles and just enough to keep parts materials and gas to keep working.
I would have long ago signed up for FSW if not for the reservations I have concerning whether or not I will be able to make a living in Wyoming. I do not want to live on the charity of others, but make my own living, and I am concerned about the marketplace for techs in rural Wyoming. Any feedback you kind people can give me in this area will be most welcome.
I have been strongly libertarian minded long before I had even heard the word "libertarian." I do not remember an awakening to the concept of liberty, because I have felt the way I do now from my earliest memories. I have always felt that there was something wrong with other people who seem to reject the concept of freedom as dangerous, or worse - lunatic.
I am 34 years old, born 11 Sept 1973. I am a former US Marine Intelligence analyst. USMC Rifle Expert, current RWVW/Appleseed Rifleman. I can hit a pie plate on iron sights from an AR-15 at 500 yards about 85% of the time from prone or sitting unsupported, and I a track record of success training completely unskilled shooters on iron sights to hit a 21" target at 500 yards into the 80%+ range.
I am a computer and network expert. I am most familiar with the Mac OS and Unix platforms, but have made a significant living in times past with all MS and Windows modalities. I would still be making i the $65k/annum range if not for the fact that most of what I do has been offshored. I decided to become self-employed after increasing required skills and decreasing wages sunk me to $25k/annum despite doing the jobs of people who used to make more than 4 times that salary. I am now self employed, and scratching out an impoverished living at between $10k and $12k a year. I no longer have any savings, and the remaining equity in my home is approaching zero.
I want to join the FSW project, I really do. I have remained in North Carolina because tech is supposed to be a good market here. I am thus far not having a great deal of success at going it alone here where the market is supposed to be good, which is why I am very concerned about trying to move to WY where I have no idea what the tech market looks like. I am at least surviving here -- the last thing I want to do is to pull up stakes and move to WY only to very shortly go homeless (on account of having no savings whatsoever to survive on until I am able to make it work).
I could talk for hours on this and other subjects regarding liberty and how America is losing her freedom, but I had best cut it short for now. I am sure there will be plenty of opportunities to discuss this in the future.
SEMPER FI!
"...as for me, give me freedom, or give me death!" -- Patrick Henry
