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*Attorney General [[Lawrence Wasden]] (R)
*Attorney General [[Lawrence Wasden]] (R)
*Superintendent of Public Instruction [[Tom Luna]] (R)
*Superintendent of Public Instruction [[Tom Luna]] (R)
==[[Retreat Potential Rank]]ing Analysis by [[James Wesley Rawles]]==
Population: 1.3 million (and about 2.1 million cattle.)
Population Density: 15.5 per square mile (Rank 15 of JWR’s top 19 states).
Area: 83,437 square miles (rank 13 of 50).
Average car insurance cost: $608/yr. (rank 48 of 50).
Average home insurance cost: $326/yr. (rank 50 of 50).
Average Home Price in Clearwater County: $112,725
Average Home Price in Idaho County: $109,500
Average Home Price in Kootenai County: $112,849
Average Home Price in Latah County: $118,325 (skewed because of the large number of 120+ acre farms and ranches)
Crime Safety Ranking: 9 of 50.
* [[Boston T. Party]]’s [[state firearms laws ranking]] from [[Boston's Gun Bible]]: 97%.
<ref>[[Boston T. Party]], [[Boston's Gun Bible]], Chapter 34 [[Gun Laws in the 50 States and DC]], [[Common law copyright]], [[Wyoming]] [[American Redoubt]] - Printed in the [[united states of America]] without any 4 USC §§ 105-110 [[Federal area]] or [[State]]: [[Javelin Press]] 1997-2008: pp. 34/3-8. [[ISBN]] 1-888766-06-9</ref>
Per capita income: $23,727 (rank 41 of 50).
ACT & SAT Scores Ranking: 15 of 50.
<ref name="survivalblog"> 357 word [[quotation]]: [[Fair_Use#Quotes_from_Other_Online_Sources|Fair Use]] Source: [[Rawles, James Wesley]]. ''[[Rawles on Retreats and Relocation]]''. 1st. Clearwater, Idaho: The Clearwater Press, 2007. p. 87. Print. see [[James Wesley Rawles on Fair Use]]</ref><ref> http://www.survivalblog.com/retreatareas.html Recommended Retreat Areas accessed April 11, 2014</ref>
===Plusses===
Low Very low crime rate. (For example, it ranks second from the bottom in car thefts of the 50 states.) Low property taxes. Inexpensive building permits. Minimally intrusive government. Inexpensive car registration ($20 to $50 per year, plus a one-time-only $15 plate fee.) Low car insurance rates. Low health insurance rates. Extremely low home insurance rates. (An average of $326 per year. Ranks #50 in the country!) The most wilderness area in any of the 48 Continental United States. (Only Alaska has more.) 21.6 million forested acres. Minimal gun laws. Class 3 guns (machineguns short barreled rifles and shotguns, and suppressors) are legal to own after the $200 Federal tax and background check. Open carry of handguns is legal and fairly commonplace. CCW permits must be issued unless someone has a prior criminal record. (“Non-discretionary.”) No CCW permit is required for concealed carry outside of city limits. Vehicular carry of loaded guns is legal and very common. Automatic knives are legal to own and carry. Minimally regulated home schooling. Low population density. Low elevation portions of the state have a fairly mild climate. Hunting and fishing are excellent in many parts of the state, so there will be no shortage of protein WTSHTF. High ratio of horse ownership, so I anticipate that transportation will be available in the event of a long term TEOTWAWKI. By 2025, Idaho is projected to be the 40th most populous with 1.7 million people. (It is currently the 39th most populous state.) Affordable property: The median home price for all of Idaho is $105,403. One useful web site: [http://community.idaho.gov/Profiles/tabid/440/Default.aspx|Idaho Department of Commerce Community Profiles].
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===Minuses===
Has a relatively high state income tax. Sadly, 63.7% of Idaho’s lands are owned by federal government. (Mostly National Forest and BLM land.) But at least that provides a "really big back yard" for hunting and cutting firewood. Cold winters at the higher elevations. (Look for property in the low river valleys if you can’t stand snow!) Low wages compared to most coastal states.
JWR’s Combined Retreat Potential Ranking: 1 of 19. (JWR’s top choice!)<ref name="survivalblog"/>
== [[NRA Grades]] Rankings of the State ==
[[NRA grades|What the NRA Grades mean]]
===[[U.S. Senate]]===
===[[U.S. House of Representatives]]===
* http://www.nrapvf.org/grades-archive/2012/Idaho.aspx
* http://www.nrapvf.org/grades-archive/2010/Idaho.aspx
== Likely [[Essay:World War Three Target Structures|World War Three Target Structures]]==
* [[World_War_Three_Target_Structures#Primary_Targets|Primary Targets]]: ]]: <ref name = "survivalblog"/>, Chapter 9 World War Three Target Structures, p. 67 </ref>
* [[World_War_Three_Target_Structures#Secondary_Targets|Secondary Targets]]:
* [[World_War_Three_Target_Structures#Tertiary_Targets|Tertiary Targets]]
==List of Major Companies Headquartered in the State==
* Albertsons, a division of SuperValu
* Amalgamated Sugar Company
* Boise Cascade
* Chelton Flight Systems
* Coldwater Creek
* Empire Airlines
* Hansen-Rice
* Idahoan Foods
* King's Discount Stores
* Micron Technology
* Native American Services Corp.
* Pacific Press Publishing Association
* Salmon Air
* Simplot
* Washington Group International
* WinCo Foods
* Yellowstone Bear World
==Mapping Migration: Who Moves To Idaho==
"Chances are you’re more likely to meet a [[Floridian]] than a [[North Dakotan]] in Idaho. From 2009 to 2010, Idaho’s seen more than 1,000 people come from the [[Sunshine State]]. In the last decade, Idaho’s [[population]] has grown by more than 20 percent. U.S. [[Census]] Bureau data show nearly 275,000 people moved to the [[Gem State]] from 2000 to 2010. Idaho’s rate of growth outpaced the national average which saw its population go up by about 10 percent in the last decade. So, where are people moving to Idaho from? We downloaded data collected by the [[Internal Revenue Service]] that tracks state-to-state movement based on where [[tax]] returns are filed each year. The data isn't conclusive, but it does give us clues as to where people are moving from." Click around the map to see the data: http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/maps/mapping-migration-who-moves-to-idaho <ref name="charlescarrollsociety"> 238 word [[quotation]]: [[Fair_Use#Quotes_from_Other_Online_Sources|Fair Use]] Source: [[Alex Barron]], [[Charles Carroll Society]] "[[Liberty]]-Minded [[Traditionalist]] [[Vote you’re your feet|Migrating]] to [[Conservative]] [[American Redoubt|Redoubt]]s", Online. see [[James Wesley Rawles on Fair Use]]: https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2012/11/08/mapping-migration-who-moves-to-idaho Accessed April 10, 2014 </ref>
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==Politics==
==Politics==
==Notable people from Idaho==
==Notable people from Idaho==
[[Philo Farnsworth]], a pioneer of television, was from Rigby.
* [[James Wesley Rawles]] of [[The Survival Blog]]
* [[John Jacob Schmidt]] of [[Radio Free Redoubt]]
* [[Alex Barron]] of [[Charles Carroll Society]]
* [[Philo Farnsworth]], a pioneer of television, was from Rigby.
[[W. Mark Felt]], who admitted to being the government source that exposed President [[Richard Nixon]] in the [[Watergate Affair]], was born in Twin Falls.
* [[W. Mark Felt]], who admitted to being the government source that exposed President [[Richard Nixon]] in the [[Watergate Affair]], was born in Twin Falls.
Author [[Ernest Hemingway]] lived in Ketchum.
* Author [[Ernest Hemingway]] lived in Ketchum.
[[Ezra Pound]], a notable Modernist poet, was born in Hailey.
* [[Ezra Pound]], a notable Modernist poet, was born in Hailey.
==References==
==References==