Adam has made interesting points.
Unfortunately, on here there are some amount of juvinile citizens who want to live like there is no limit to anything in reality, idealist day dreamers. The former head of state put it well, Mr Carter back in 1981. To be blunt there is no Jefferson's republic. And no they don't care about NASA.
In a state like the Central African republic, it needs a George Washington Central African citizen and a John Adams, a Thomas Jefferson, a James Madison. No doubt, a Benjamin Franklin.
And just who is Governor Hutchinson? Well there are always individuals out there like him, locally, state government federal government, imperial power blah blah.