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U.S. Ranks 17th on Human Freedom Index 2020 -- New Zealand is No. 1
« on: December 29, 2020, 08:10:10 pm »
Something to really think about.  You would think that the United States would be listed as #1.  It's only going to get worse under Biden.  Frighteningly worse.

U.S. Ranks 17th on Human Freedom Index 2020 -- New Zealand is No. 1

In their annual report on human freedom in 162 countries worldwide, the Cato Institute and the Fraser Institute report that personal freedom has been on the decline since 2008, and that while New Zealand ranks No. 1 in terms of freedom, the United States and the United Kingdom are both ranked No. 17. The country with the least amount of freedom is Syria, ranked No. 162.

The Human Freedom Index 2020 uses "uses 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedoms to rank 162 countries from 2008 to 2018, the most recent year for which internationally comparable data is available," states Index co-author Ian Vasquez, vice president for international studies at the Cato Institute, a free market-libertarian think tank.

Using those indicators, each country is scored between zero and 10, on personal freedom and economic freedom, with a 10 meaning more freedom. The United States, for instance, earned a score of 8.44, putting it in 17th place. ............

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/international/michael-w-chapman/us-ranks-17th-human-freedom-index-2020-new-zealand-no-1
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Re: U.S. Ranks 17th on Human Freedom Index 2020 -- New Zealand is No. 1
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2020, 08:14:07 pm »
How many of the countries listed higher can you own an AR-15 in without any special permits or considerations?
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Re: U.S. Ranks 17th on Human Freedom Index 2020 -- New Zealand is No. 1
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2020, 08:56:38 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on December 29, 2020, 08:14:07 pm
How many of the countries listed higher can you own an AR-15 in without any special permits or considerations?

What impact the Biden administration will have on that scenario is yet to be seen...I have a guess.
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Re: U.S. Ranks 17th on Human Freedom Index 2020 -- New Zealand is No. 1
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2020, 08:59:04 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on December 29, 2020, 08:56:38 pm
What impact the Biden administration will have on that scenario is yet to be seen...I have a guess.
Looking at the parameters for "freedom" like same sex marriage and others, indicates to me that there won't be much effect. It all depends on what is being measured, and I didn't see a reference to the RKBA...
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Re: U.S. Ranks 17th on Human Freedom Index 2020 -- New Zealand is No. 1
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2020, 09:23:44 pm »
We're tied with the UK... who put a guy in prison for teaching his dog to do a Nazi salute.

So, yeah... not impressed with this list.
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Re: U.S. Ranks 17th on Human Freedom Index 2020 -- New Zealand is No. 1
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2020, 10:34:20 pm »
Smokin Joe wrote:
"How many of the countries listed higher can you own an AR-15 in without any special permits or considerations?"

You won't be ownin' one for very much longer, Joe, if things go accordin' to their plans.

And I'll bet that AFTER the leftist/communists 'round up the guns, the "Cato Institute" will rank the USA* even HIGHER on the "Human Freedom Index" than they do now.

* by then, we may no longer be known as the "USA", but either "USSA" or "USSSA"...

(...and having said that, where I live, one cannot buy an AR-15 at all -- that's why I don't have one.)
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Re: U.S. Ranks 17th on Human Freedom Index 2020 -- New Zealand is No. 1
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2020, 10:35:18 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on December 29, 2020, 10:34:20 pm
Smokin Joe wrote:
"How many of the countries listed higher can you own an AR-15 in without any special permits or considerations?"

You won't be ownin' one for very much longer, Joe, if things go accordin' to their plans.

And I'll bet that AFTER the leftist/communists 'round up the guns, the "Cato Institute" will rank the USA* even HIGHER on the "Human Freedom Index" than they do now.

* by then, we may no longer be known as the "USA", but either "USSA" or "USSSA"...

(...and having said that, where I live, one cannot buy an AR-15 at all -- that's why I don't have one.)
I intend to own the things I legally purchased for the rest of my life.
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Re: U.S. Ranks 17th on Human Freedom Index 2020 -- New Zealand is No. 1
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2020, 03:18:26 am »
I just checked Trafalgar, and they have the Dem candidates up for both races in the Georgia senate races.  If the Dems sweep Georgia, the USA is over.

Within 100 days, they will make Puerto Rico and Washington DC states.  They may also divide California into five states.  If that happens, we end up with 4 -10 extra Dem senators, and NEVER will there be a Republican elected from these states.  NEVER!

Dems will take assault guns, and maybe all guns.  Once that is completed, they seize your retirement savings, or some portion of it being taxed.

Implement GND and rules for Climate Change that eliminate a good 20-30 million jobs in the USA.

Flood country with refugees and illegals, increase the H1-b Visas significantly to basically destroy the NON ESSENTIAL USA CITIZENS.  That is Biden and Congress' primary mission, to destroy the NON ESSENTIAL USA CITIZENS.

Here is your laugh for today.  It is Stacey Abram's sister who is the judge hearing whether 400,000 folks removed from the voting rolls for having moved away from Georgia are reinstalled.  Now, all these people responded they moved away when queried by the state, and yet this idiot b*&^% is restoring their voting registration.  Don't you just love corruption!!!
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