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Liberal Left-Leaning States Are "Least Free" In Home Of The Brave
« on: August 16, 2016, 10:37:09 pm »

Liberal Left-Leaning States Are "Least Free" In Home Of The Brave

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-16/cato-institute-study-illustrates-which-states-americans-have-most-individual-freedom

Tyler Durden
Aug 16, 2016 5:15 PM

The CATO Institute recently released its annual "Freedom in the 50 States" ranking (see interactive map below).  The study attempts to analyze a variety of fiscal, regulatory and social policies of each of the 50 states to establish a "freedom index" which allows people in various states to compare their level of individual liberty and freedom.

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This study ranks the American states according to how their public policies affect individual freedoms in the economic, social, and personal spheres. Updating, expanding, and improving on the three previous editions of Freedom in the 50 States, the 2015–16 edition examines state and local government intervention across a wide range of policy categories—from taxation to debt, from eminent domain laws to occupational licensing, and from drug policy to educational choice.

Oddly enough, the map loosely mirrors electoral college maps of recent Presidential elections with people in the more left-leaning Northeast and West Coast states found to have the least individual "freedom" while people living in the right-leaning Southeast and Midwest were found to have more "freedom." 

Unsurprisingly, New York (ranked 50th) and California (ranked 49th) took the prize for "least free" while, in a little twist of irony, the "Live Free or Die" state of New Hampshire won the award for most "free".  Guess those slogans actually do mean something after all.

{.. see URL for really cool mouse over map..}

 
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Re: Liberal Left-Leaning States Are "Least Free" In Home Of The Brave
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2016, 10:51:27 pm »
No S__T Sherlock!
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Re: Liberal Left-Leaning States Are "Least Free" In Home Of The Brave
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2016, 10:55:31 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on August 16, 2016, 10:51:27 pm
No S__T Sherlock!

Check out the link. Kinda cool. I tried to post it, but couldn't figure it out with this pseudo-HTML thing.
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Re: Liberal Left-Leaning States Are "Least Free" In Home Of The Brave
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2016, 11:33:24 pm »
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...the "Live Free or Die" state of New Hampshire won the award for most "free".

There's still room for improvement here in the Granite State, but it's definitely better than most when it comes to small government and respect for individual liberty.
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Re: Liberal Left-Leaning States Are "Least Free" In Home Of The Brave
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2016, 11:48:11 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on August 16, 2016, 11:33:24 pm
There's still room for improvement here in the Granite State, but it's definitely better than most when it comes to small government and respect for individual liberty.

yea, well BLOAT, because if Hillary gets elected we wont be able to anymore...
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Re: Liberal Left-Leaning States Are "Least Free" In Home Of The Brave
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2016, 12:08:15 am »
I have to wonder about their parameters.  Texas less free than New Hampshire?

Is drug-permission or legalization weighed that heavily?
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2016, 12:29:52 am »
Quote from: unknown on August 16, 2016, 11:48:11 pm
yea, well BLOAT, because if Hillary gets elected we wont be able to anymore...

Already done, and more to come, if need be. With the exception of a few liberal enclaves, northern New England is a lot more like Texas than Massachusetts.  And even Texas has its havens of leftist kookery.   
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Re: Liberal Left-Leaning States Are "Least Free" In Home Of The Brave
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2016, 12:37:21 am »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on August 17, 2016, 12:29:52 am
Already done, and more to come, if need be. With the exception of a few liberal enclaves, northern New England is a lot more like Texas than Massachusetts.  And even Texas has its havens of leftist kookery.

You can see what California did regarding ammo recently. If Hillary gets elected it will be like that on a national level, only much much worse.

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Re: Liberal Left-Leaning States Are "Least Free" In Home Of The Brave
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2016, 01:23:57 am »
Shouldn't the scorn quotes be around the word "liberal" rather than the phrase "least free"?

After all, the socialists, multiculti and other assorted enemies of ordered liberty stole the word "liberal", which originally meant "supportive of liberty, esp. of free markets".
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