Episode 286: Libertarian Summer Camp
The participants of PorcFest 2015 pose for a group photo. Virgil Vaduva/Flickr hide caption
The participants of PorcFest 2015 pose for a group photo.
Virgil Vaduva/FlickrNote: This episode originally ran in 2011.
Six years ago, we traveled to a place where people are trying to live without government interference. A place where you can use bits of silver to buy uninspected bacon. A place where a 9-year-old will sell you alcohol.
We find marijuana and moonshine, cash registers stuffed with gold, a rogue manicurist, and a libertarian version of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve (but don't call him that!).
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#286: Libertarian Summer Camp
It's the Porcupine Freedom Festival, known to its friends as PorcFest. This is the summer festival for people who think we should return to the gold standard and abolish the IRS.
At the end of the story, we return with an update on PorcFest from 2017. We'll tell you what has changed with the times since we were last here.
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