"If you were to rank the countries of the world in terms of economic freedom, where would the United States fall? First, or at least in the top three? The top five, surely."
Does anyone know what economic freedom is?
"Because there is, in fact, a resource that ranks every country by this measure - the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, and the United States comes in at No. 10. Thats right: the nation that is supposed to lead the world in liberty finishes behind nine others, including Ireland, Chile, Switzerland and Canada. Even the small African nation of Mauritius beats us."
"But in certain key areas, the United States is lagging badly. A big one is government spending. The U.S. now ranks 127th in the world in this category. Spending by government consumes 42.2 percent of gross domestic product. Total public debt is now larger than the entire economy."
So readers and followers of Heritage, a great conservative source of thoughtful information, pick the nation you'd like and move there, for freedom beckons and that bad old government, your favorite scapegoat, is so so small.
Here are a few choices of nations with low government spending: Burma, Guatemala, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Central African Republic, Taiwan, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Singapore, and Ethiopia. Let us know how life is there?
Category of this thread, sometimes things are more complicated than words like 'freedom.' Oh, and please don't forget most of this debt and spending came from our last administration's wars and tax policies. You did forget!
Top Ten, But Falling
Economic Data and Statistics on World Economy and Economic Freedom
Does anyone know what economic freedom is?
"Because there is, in fact, a resource that ranks every country by this measure - the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, and the United States comes in at No. 10. Thats right: the nation that is supposed to lead the world in liberty finishes behind nine others, including Ireland, Chile, Switzerland and Canada. Even the small African nation of Mauritius beats us."
"But in certain key areas, the United States is lagging badly. A big one is government spending. The U.S. now ranks 127th in the world in this category. Spending by government consumes 42.2 percent of gross domestic product. Total public debt is now larger than the entire economy."
So readers and followers of Heritage, a great conservative source of thoughtful information, pick the nation you'd like and move there, for freedom beckons and that bad old government, your favorite scapegoat, is so so small.
Here are a few choices of nations with low government spending: Burma, Guatemala, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Central African Republic, Taiwan, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Singapore, and Ethiopia. Let us know how life is there?
Category of this thread, sometimes things are more complicated than words like 'freedom.' Oh, and please don't forget most of this debt and spending came from our last administration's wars and tax policies. You did forget!
Top Ten, But Falling
Economic Data and Statistics on World Economy and Economic Freedom