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Developer plans 'free market utopia' off Detroit

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    Push for Motor City to sell vacant island

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-- delivered a free market society complete with its own -- -- -- with its own government would you in fact do it.

With the recent push for the cash strapped city of Detroit to sell.

It's vacant island Belle island -- you just might get the chance it's right by Detroit our next guest is the driving force behind the plan.

He's develop ways developing it he's -- by the way the book -- -- Detroit's game changer rob Lockwood joins us the -- you wrote a Novella 29 years ahead.

Talking about what if society just became -- don't deciding on this island why do you think that could be reality.

Well I think we have a certainly a big problem right here in Detroit straights men than in decline for sixty years so this will be a game changer for Detroit because would attract.

35000.

-- people all over the world would be attractive the low taxes regulation vision government -- also be -- -- cool walking communities survive monorail.

Which would figure around the island or process in Detroit River to -- Rotations -- -- -- you what you own currency you want your own government.

We -- still live in the US you think you need about twenty billion dollars -- public infrastructure how much would it cost to live there.

To -- it.

Well the our numbers indicate who draws for -- 300000.

For -- -- to come to live there.

That money would be used to fund the public infrastructure.

Different monorail -- so conserve water period and so forth and the purchase of the property for one billion dollars from the city of Detroit which -- greatly helped write.

So we have to get that billion from.

What raise -- from an investment fund that once we start getting approvals towards making this happen from the political types will raise the money I don't think we have the problem.

And you believe that this sound could be -- example for Detroit which is having so many problems you think that could actually change the way.

Other cities do things if you guys are successful in this comes off.

I think Denny via a terrific example for other cities in the country the countries -- -- and other countries in the world.

If this word little video audio happened and we your show of what we could do through efficient government and low taxation and freedom.

And where is this -- project right now.

-- -- -- about a week ago by the way you can go to the website www.

Commonwealth of bell while dot com -- there or through Amazon.

Right now were.

We're.

Basically.

Pitching the idea trying to get -- under discussion its oversight that segment going for today and then we'll move forward.

We'll see if you can living -- -- world rob Lockwood and see how that goes it's it's the way you'd like it rod thanks so much for joining us -- to let us know how it's going.

-- think you're having -- all right.

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