I am Andrew Ryan and I'm here to ask you a question: Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

No, says the man in Washington, it belongs to the poor.

No, says the man in the Vatican, it belongs to God.

No, says the man in Moscow, it belongs to everyone.

This is the opening monolog to Bioshock, a libertarian dystopian video game. Sadly these days the man in Washington is saying it belongs to just about anyone we say it does - including large corporations, bankers and pretty much any company who has the ear of a congressman and a poor business model. Dr. Helen wonders if it is not time for the talented, and hard working to withdraw from the tax rolls and allow the economy to collapse. She calls this Going Galt, after the Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged where the truly talented withdraw from a society which is eerily similar to our own to a hidden utopia in Colorado called Galt's Gulch.

At this point I pay approximately 55 percent of my salary to taxes. That is a substantial sum when looked at and I shudder every April at how little of it really comes back to me. In addition to this I pay for private catholic school for my daughter, not because of strong religious belief, but because after my first 2 kids experience with the public school system, I prefer a school which can actually teach a kids phonics.

Now I have the warm and fuzzy feeling of supporting AIG and Bank of America while my employer is slashing costs and about to start massive layoffs. Don't misunderstand me, I am not looking for a bailout for my employer, just a level playing field. The idea that the bailout will be expanded to include the big 3 automakers, whose business model has been faulty for years, is just pathetic. Why not just write the checks to the UAW and Executives personally.

Even worse is the fact that the collapse of the banking system is being viewed as a condemnation of libertarian ideals, which will push the pendulum even further left.

So should you go Galt?

The Free State Project (http://www.freestateproject.org/) is a libertarian movement which intends to move enough libertarians to a state to sway that states government. The state they have chosen is New Hampshire, and so far they have managed to move almost 700 families there. They need serious numbers to truly sway the elections in that state.

Molon Labe! is a novel documenting a potential timeline if the free state project had chosen a more logical state such as Wyoming. The book is a mix of fiction and non fiction and documents the much smaller numbers and coordination necessary to effect this type of takeover in Wyoming. There is a Free State Wyoming project does exist (http://www.freestatewyoming.org/) but seems smaller and less organized then the movement in the book. Boston T Party novel has a truly Machiavellian figure coordinating the moves to engineer the take over. The appendix reviewing the rationale for Wyoming makes a far more compelling case then New Hampshire.

The result of the Wyoming takeover are fascinating to read mainly because of the reforms imposed and the philosophy behind them. It is not a novel as such, but takes the form of a series of news articles, and interviews up to 2021. It is the result of a large number of folks working within the system and using it against itself.

Give it a shot, you may find yourself planning your next vacation in the Cowboy state.