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<text id=90TT0679>
<title>
Mar. 19, 1990: American Notes:Vermont
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Mar. 19, 1990 The Right To Die
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 25
American Notes
VERMONT
Love It Or Leave It
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<body>
<p> Vermonters tend to be crusty, idiosyncratic and, above all,
independent. After the Revolution, it took them 14 years to
decide to join the Union. So with the 200th anniversary of
statehood at hand, it seemed reasonable to stage a series of
debates on whether the time had come for the Green Mountain
State to declare its independence. The Vermont Statehood
Bicentennial Commission selected political scientist Frank
Bryan of the University of Vermont to argue for seceding from
the Union and State Supreme Court Justice John Dooley to argue
for staying put.
</p>
<p> If the first face-off is any measure, Bryan has the more
popular case. "The state should get out," he said in the
initial joust in Bennington, because, among other things, every
Vermonter now owes $12,000 toward the national debt. "How can
you love the country and leave it?" countered Dooley, noting
that a "cute little government will not stop acid rain." At
debate's end, the audience voted 95 to 55 in favor of going it
alone.
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