States rated by Freedom!!!!

[Wyatt earp]

No surprise here....

Freedom in the 50 States 2013 | How It's Calculated

Rankings -Overall
1.North Dakota
2.South Dakota
3.Tennessee
4.New Hampshire
5.Oklahoma
6.Idaho
7.Missouri
8.Virginia
9.Georgia
10.Utah
11.Arizona
12.Montana
13.Alaska
14.Texas
15.South Carolina
16.Indiana
17.Delaware
28.Alabama
19.Colorado
20.Nevada
21.New Mexico
22.Nebraska
23.Florida
24.North Carolina
25.Iowa
26.Kansas-
27.Kentucky
28.Oregon-
29.Washington
30.Massachusetts
31.Pennsylvania
32.Arkansas
33.Ohio
34.Minnesota
35.Michigan
36.Wyoming
37.Louisiana
38.Wisconsin
39.Maine
40.Connecticut
41.Mississippi
42.West Virginia
43.Vermont
44.Maryland
45.Illinois
46.Rhode Island
47.Hawaii
48.New Jersey
49.California
50.New York

The overall freedom ranking is determined by combining scores for fiscal, regulatory, and personal freedom.


Fiscal Policy (35.3%)

The fiscal policy dimension consists of the following categories: Tax Burden(28.6%), Government Employment(2.8%), GovernmentSpending (1.9%),Government Debt (1.2%), and Fiscal Decentralization (0.9%).

Regulatory Policy (32.0%)

The regulatory policy dimension consists of the following categories:Freedom from Tort Abuse (11.5%),Property Right Protection (7.6%),Health Insurance Freedom (5.4%),Labor Market Freedom (3.8%),Occupational Licensing Freedom(1.7%), Miscellaneous Regulatory Freedom (1.3%), and Cable and Telecom Freedom (0.8%).

Personal Freedom (32.7%)

Personal freedom dimension consists of the following categories: Victimless Crime Freedom (9.8%), Gun Control Freedom (6.6%), Tobacco Freedom(4.1%), Alcohol Freedom (2.8%),Marriage Freedom (2.1%), Marijuana and Salvia Freedom (2.1%), Gambling Freedom (2.0%), Education Policy(1.9%), Civil Liberties (0.6%), Travel Freedom (0.5%), Asset Forfeiture Freedom (0.1%), and Campaign Finance Freedom (0.02%).

 

[Wyatt earp]

If the left don't get a clue from this, why the poor and middle class vote republican, I don't no what will...


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[Timmy]

Marriage freedom? As in gay marriage ?

What's health insurance freedom?? And everything seems to have aribitrary ratings geared to favor conservative issues.

 

[Tax Man]

And it is the control states that support the careless states.

 

[Timmy]

I checked the links . What would marriage freedom ( meaning gay marriage mostly ) be ranked at such a low % of importance ??

Tobacco freedom is 2x as important than being able to marry your loved one !?! Lol!

Guns are 3x more important than marriage !

Methinks this whole thing is a lil bias .

 

[Tax Man]

I would not live or work in any of the first 50 states on that list.

 

[imawhosure]

I checked the links . What would marriage freedom ( meaning gay marriage mostly ) be ranked at such a low % of importance ??

Tobacco freedom is 2x as important than being able to marry your loved one !?! Lol!

Because freedom is based on choices; ALL CHOICES. You seem to want to weigh marriage freedom highly, others would want to rate other choices highly.

Now I am not disparaging your choice of what you view as important. But, if you take the view of America as a whole, and believe even what the left tells us that 10% of Americans are gay, that would push what you say is important, far down the line.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Weird,

They want to force you to believe in the morality of the damn bible, stop you from being gay, transgender, and pretty much give you a crappy standard of living. I guess somalia is probably way up their in freedom.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Oh'yess, they also want to throw you in prison for smoking a leaf!!! Freedom in what way? The freedom not to pay for the road you drive on or to kill?

 

[Wyatt earp]

Marriage freedom? As in gay marriage ?

What's health insurance freedom?? And everything seems to have aribitrary ratings geared to favor conservative issues.

Weed is in criteria. ...

 

[Wyatt earp]

Oh'yess, they also want to throw you in prison for smoking a leaf!!! Freedom in what way? The freedom not to pay for the road you drive on or to kill?

Yea Matthew we all know you never read anything.

 

[Timmy]

I checked the links . What would marriage freedom ( meaning gay marriage mostly ) be ranked at such a low % of importance ??

Tobacco freedom is 2x as important than being able to marry your loved one !?! Lol!

Because freedom is based on choices; ALL CHOICES. You seem to want to weigh marriage freedom highly, others would want to rate other choices highly.

Now I am not disparaging your choice of what you view as important. But, if you take the view of America as a whole, and believe even what the left tells us that 10% of Americans are gay, that would push what you say is important, far down the line.

The whole list is a right wing hack job.

The Dakotas are the most free!? Playa please! Free to freeze your ass off in a cornfield maybe .

I take freedom to mean more bill of rights stuff . While the list is more concerned over taxes .

 

[Timmy]

Marriage freedom? As in gay marriage ?

What's health insurance freedom?? And everything seems to have aribitrary ratings geared to favor conservative issues.

Weed is in criteria. ...

North Dakota has some of the toughest pot laws around .


Decriminalization and prohibition
North Dakota has some of the harshest marijuana laws in the country. First offense possession of even a single joint is punishable by up to a year in prison and up to a $2,000 fine.

 

[Agit8r]

No surprise here....

Freedom in the 50 States 2013 | How It's Calculated

Rankings -Overall
1.North Dakota
2.South Dakota
3.Tennessee
4.New Hampshire
5.Oklahoma
6.Idaho
7.Missouri
8.Virginia
9.Georgia
10.Utah
11.Arizona
12.Montana
13.Alaska
14.Texas
15.South Carolina
16.Indiana
17.Delaware
28.Alabama
19.Colorado
20.Nevada
21.New Mexico
22.Nebraska
23.Florida
24.North Carolina
25.Iowa
26.Kansas-
27.Kentucky
28.Oregon-
29.Washington
30.Massachusetts
31.Pennsylvania
32.Arkansas
33.Ohio
34.Minnesota
35.Michigan
36.Wyoming
37.Louisiana
38.Wisconsin
39.Maine
40.Connecticut
41.Mississippi
42.West Virginia
43.Vermont
44.Maryland
45.Illinois
46.Rhode Island
47.Hawaii
48.New Jersey
49.California
50.New York

The overall freedom ranking is determined by combining scores for fiscal, regulatory, and personal freedom.


Fiscal Policy (35.3%)

The fiscal policy dimension consists of the following categories: Tax Burden(28.6%), Government Employment(2.8%), GovernmentSpending (1.9%),Government Debt (1.2%), and Fiscal Decentralization (0.9%).

Regulatory Policy (32.0%)

The regulatory policy dimension consists of the following categories:Freedom from Tort Abuse (11.5%),Property Right Protection (7.6%),Health Insurance Freedom (5.4%),Labor Market Freedom (3.8%),Occupational Licensing Freedom(1.7%), Miscellaneous Regulatory Freedom (1.3%), and Cable and Telecom Freedom (0.8%).

Personal Freedom (32.7%)

Personal freedom dimension consists of the following categories: Victimless Crime Freedom (9.8%), Gun Control Freedom (6.6%), Tobacco Freedom(4.1%), Alcohol Freedom (2.8%),Marriage Freedom (2.1%), Marijuana and Salvia Freedom (2.1%), Gambling Freedom (2.0%), Education Policy(1.9%), Civil Liberties (0.6%), Travel Freedom (0.5%), Asset Forfeiture Freedom (0.1%), and Campaign Finance Freedom (0.02%).

Since it is legal to burn oil workers to death, by means of negligence, in North Dakota, one cannot escape the conclusion that the measure here is not of liberty, but of license.


Anyone who supports such a state of society has no place in the free world.

Why North Dakota’s oil fields are so deadly for workers

 

[Timmy]

No surprise here....

Freedom in the 50 States 2013 | How It's Calculated

Rankings -Overall
1.North Dakota
2.South Dakota
3.Tennessee
4.New Hampshire
5.Oklahoma
6.Idaho
7.Missouri
8.Virginia
9.Georgia
10.Utah
11.Arizona
12.Montana
13.Alaska
14.Texas
15.South Carolina
16.Indiana
17.Delaware
28.Alabama
19.Colorado
20.Nevada
21.New Mexico
22.Nebraska
23.Florida
24.North Carolina
25.Iowa
26.Kansas-
27.Kentucky
28.Oregon-
29.Washington
30.Massachusetts
31.Pennsylvania
32.Arkansas
33.Ohio
34.Minnesota
35.Michigan
36.Wyoming
37.Louisiana
38.Wisconsin
39.Maine
40.Connecticut
41.Mississippi
42.West Virginia
43.Vermont
44.Maryland
45.Illinois
46.Rhode Island
47.Hawaii
48.New Jersey
49.California
50.New York

The overall freedom ranking is determined by combining scores for fiscal, regulatory, and personal freedom.


Fiscal Policy (35.3%)

The fiscal policy dimension consists of the following categories: Tax Burden(28.6%), Government Employment(2.8%), GovernmentSpending (1.9%),Government Debt (1.2%), and Fiscal Decentralization (0.9%).

Regulatory Policy (32.0%)

The regulatory policy dimension consists of the following categories:Freedom from Tort Abuse (11.5%),Property Right Protection (7.6%),Health Insurance Freedom (5.4%),Labor Market Freedom (3.8%),Occupational Licensing Freedom(1.7%), Miscellaneous Regulatory Freedom (1.3%), and Cable and Telecom Freedom (0.8%).

Personal Freedom (32.7%)

Personal freedom dimension consists of the following categories: Victimless Crime Freedom (9.8%), Gun Control Freedom (6.6%), Tobacco Freedom(4.1%), Alcohol Freedom (2.8%),Marriage Freedom (2.1%), Marijuana and Salvia Freedom (2.1%), Gambling Freedom (2.0%), Education Policy(1.9%), Civil Liberties (0.6%), Travel Freedom (0.5%), Asset Forfeiture Freedom (0.1%), and Campaign Finance Freedom (0.02%).

Since it is legal to burn oil workers to death, by means of negligence, in North Dakota, one cannot escape the conclusion that the measure here is not of liberty, but of license.


Anyone who supports such a state of society has no place in the free world.

Why North Dakota’s oil fields are so deadly for workers

Ok, no gay marriage , can't smoke pot, and you can die in an oil Fire .

North Dakota sounds more like Saudi Arabia than the free-ist state of all!!!!

Lol!

 

[Agit8r]

No surprise here....

Freedom in the 50 States 2013 | How It's Calculated

Rankings -Overall
1.North Dakota
2.South Dakota
3.Tennessee
4.New Hampshire
5.Oklahoma
6.Idaho
7.Missouri
8.Virginia
9.Georgia
10.Utah
11.Arizona
12.Montana
13.Alaska
14.Texas
15.South Carolina
16.Indiana
17.Delaware
28.Alabama
19.Colorado
20.Nevada
21.New Mexico
22.Nebraska
23.Florida
24.North Carolina
25.Iowa
26.Kansas-
27.Kentucky
28.Oregon-
29.Washington
30.Massachusetts
31.Pennsylvania
32.Arkansas
33.Ohio
34.Minnesota
35.Michigan
36.Wyoming
37.Louisiana
38.Wisconsin
39.Maine
40.Connecticut
41.Mississippi
42.West Virginia
43.Vermont
44.Maryland
45.Illinois
46.Rhode Island
47.Hawaii
48.New Jersey
49.California
50.New York

The overall freedom ranking is determined by combining scores for fiscal, regulatory, and personal freedom.


Fiscal Policy (35.3%)

The fiscal policy dimension consists of the following categories: Tax Burden(28.6%), Government Employment(2.8%), GovernmentSpending (1.9%),Government Debt (1.2%), and Fiscal Decentralization (0.9%).

Regulatory Policy (32.0%)

The regulatory policy dimension consists of the following categories:Freedom from Tort Abuse (11.5%),Property Right Protection (7.6%),Health Insurance Freedom (5.4%),Labor Market Freedom (3.8%),Occupational Licensing Freedom(1.7%), Miscellaneous Regulatory Freedom (1.3%), and Cable and Telecom Freedom (0.8%).

Personal Freedom (32.7%)

Personal freedom dimension consists of the following categories: Victimless Crime Freedom (9.8%), Gun Control Freedom (6.6%), Tobacco Freedom(4.1%), Alcohol Freedom (2.8%),Marriage Freedom (2.1%), Marijuana and Salvia Freedom (2.1%), Gambling Freedom (2.0%), Education Policy(1.9%), Civil Liberties (0.6%), Travel Freedom (0.5%), Asset Forfeiture Freedom (0.1%), and Campaign Finance Freedom (0.02%).

Since it is legal to burn oil workers to death, by means of negligence, in North Dakota, one cannot escape the conclusion that the measure here is not of liberty, but of license.


Anyone who supports such a state of society has no place in the free world.

Why North Dakota’s oil fields are so deadly for workers

Ok, no gay marriage , can't smoke pot, and you can die in an oil Fire .

North Dakota sounds more like Saudi Arabia than the free-ist state of all!!!!

Lol!

Is this the "freedom" that the right always complains about losing? No wonder all their candidates are worthless fascists!

 

[Wyatt earp]

No surprise here....

Freedom in the 50 States 2013 | How It's Calculated

Rankings -Overall
1.North Dakota
2.South Dakota
3.Tennessee
4.New Hampshire
5.Oklahoma
6.Idaho
7.Missouri
8.Virginia
9.Georgia
10.Utah
11.Arizona
12.Montana
13.Alaska
14.Texas
15.South Carolina
16.Indiana
17.Delaware
28.Alabama
19.Colorado
20.Nevada
21.New Mexico
22.Nebraska
23.Florida
24.North Carolina
25.Iowa
26.Kansas-
27.Kentucky
28.Oregon-
29.Washington
30.Massachusetts
31.Pennsylvania
32.Arkansas
33.Ohio
34.Minnesota
35.Michigan
36.Wyoming
37.Louisiana
38.Wisconsin
39.Maine
40.Connecticut
41.Mississippi
42.West Virginia
43.Vermont
44.Maryland
45.Illinois
46.Rhode Island
47.Hawaii
48.New Jersey
49.California
50.New York

The overall freedom ranking is determined by combining scores for fiscal, regulatory, and personal freedom.


Fiscal Policy (35.3%)

The fiscal policy dimension consists of the following categories: Tax Burden(28.6%), Government Employment(2.8%), GovernmentSpending (1.9%),Government Debt (1.2%), and Fiscal Decentralization (0.9%).

Regulatory Policy (32.0%)

The regulatory policy dimension consists of the following categories:Freedom from Tort Abuse (11.5%),Property Right Protection (7.6%),Health Insurance Freedom (5.4%),Labor Market Freedom (3.8%),Occupational Licensing Freedom(1.7%), Miscellaneous Regulatory Freedom (1.3%), and Cable and Telecom Freedom (0.8%).

Personal Freedom (32.7%)

Personal freedom dimension consists of the following categories: Victimless Crime Freedom (9.8%), Gun Control Freedom (6.6%), Tobacco Freedom(4.1%), Alcohol Freedom (2.8%),Marriage Freedom (2.1%), Marijuana and Salvia Freedom (2.1%), Gambling Freedom (2.0%), Education Policy(1.9%), Civil Liberties (0.6%), Travel Freedom (0.5%), Asset Forfeiture Freedom (0.1%), and Campaign Finance Freedom (0.02%).

Since it is legal to burn oil workers to death, by means of negligence, in North Dakota, one cannot escape the conclusion that the measure here is not of liberty, but of license.


Anyone who supports such a state of society has no place in the free world.

Why North Dakota’s oil fields are so deadly for workers

Ok, no gay marriage , can't smoke pot, and you can die in an oil Fire .

North Dakota sounds more like Saudi Arabia than the free-ist state of all!!!!

Lol!

Is this the "freedom" that the right always complains about losing? No wonder all their candidates are worthless fascists!

Just one question do you lock your house or car at night?

I never do anymore, but I guess it don't hurt to have a blue pit.

 

[Agit8r]

No surprise here....

Freedom in the 50 States 2013 | How It's Calculated

Rankings -Overall
1.North Dakota
2.South Dakota
3.Tennessee
4.New Hampshire
5.Oklahoma
6.Idaho
7.Missouri
8.Virginia
9.Georgia
10.Utah
11.Arizona
12.Montana
13.Alaska
14.Texas
15.South Carolina
16.Indiana
17.Delaware
28.Alabama
19.Colorado
20.Nevada
21.New Mexico
22.Nebraska
23.Florida
24.North Carolina
25.Iowa
26.Kansas-
27.Kentucky
28.Oregon-
29.Washington
30.Massachusetts
31.Pennsylvania
32.Arkansas
33.Ohio
34.Minnesota
35.Michigan
36.Wyoming
37.Louisiana
38.Wisconsin
39.Maine
40.Connecticut
41.Mississippi
42.West Virginia
43.Vermont
44.Maryland
45.Illinois
46.Rhode Island
47.Hawaii
48.New Jersey
49.California
50.New York

The overall freedom ranking is determined by combining scores for fiscal, regulatory, and personal freedom.


Fiscal Policy (35.3%)

The fiscal policy dimension consists of the following categories: Tax Burden(28.6%), Government Employment(2.8%), GovernmentSpending (1.9%),Government Debt (1.2%), and Fiscal Decentralization (0.9%).

Regulatory Policy (32.0%)

The regulatory policy dimension consists of the following categories:Freedom from Tort Abuse (11.5%),Property Right Protection (7.6%),Health Insurance Freedom (5.4%),Labor Market Freedom (3.8%),Occupational Licensing Freedom(1.7%), Miscellaneous Regulatory Freedom (1.3%), and Cable and Telecom Freedom (0.8%).

Personal Freedom (32.7%)

Personal freedom dimension consists of the following categories: Victimless Crime Freedom (9.8%), Gun Control Freedom (6.6%), Tobacco Freedom(4.1%), Alcohol Freedom (2.8%),Marriage Freedom (2.1%), Marijuana and Salvia Freedom (2.1%), Gambling Freedom (2.0%), Education Policy(1.9%), Civil Liberties (0.6%), Travel Freedom (0.5%), Asset Forfeiture Freedom (0.1%), and Campaign Finance Freedom (0.02%).

Since it is legal to burn oil workers to death, by means of negligence, in North Dakota, one cannot escape the conclusion that the measure here is not of liberty, but of license.


Anyone who supports such a state of society has no place in the free world.

Why North Dakota’s oil fields are so deadly for workers

Ok, no gay marriage , can't smoke pot, and you can die in an oil Fire .

North Dakota sounds more like Saudi Arabia than the free-ist state of all!!!!

Lol!

Is this the "freedom" that the right always complains about losing? No wonder all their candidates are worthless fascists!

Just one question do you lock your house or car at night?

I never do anymore, but I guess it don't hurt to have a blue pit.

I lock my house, but not my car. What does this have to do with anything?

 

[g5000]

In North Dakota, you can sell cigarettes to toddlers,marry a 12 year old (as long as they are the opposite sex), and turn negroes away from your lunch counter. Plus also, you can strip mine graveyards for fun and profit.

In New York, you cannot consume more than 12 ounces of Coca-Cola per month, must register any dog over 15 pounds as a lethal weapon, surrender your children to state foster care at age 6, and submit a 200,000 word essay (with no misspellings) explaining why you need a high capacity rubber band gun.

 

[Timmy]

No surprise here....

Freedom in the 50 States 2013 | How It's Calculated

Rankings -Overall
1.North Dakota
2.South Dakota
3.Tennessee
4.New Hampshire
5.Oklahoma
6.Idaho
7.Missouri
8.Virginia
9.Georgia
10.Utah
11.Arizona
12.Montana
13.Alaska
14.Texas
15.South Carolina
16.Indiana
17.Delaware
28.Alabama
19.Colorado
20.Nevada
21.New Mexico
22.Nebraska
23.Florida
24.North Carolina
25.Iowa
26.Kansas-
27.Kentucky
28.Oregon-
29.Washington
30.Massachusetts
31.Pennsylvania
32.Arkansas
33.Ohio
34.Minnesota
35.Michigan
36.Wyoming
37.Louisiana
38.Wisconsin
39.Maine
40.Connecticut
41.Mississippi
42.West Virginia
43.Vermont
44.Maryland
45.Illinois
46.Rhode Island
47.Hawaii
48.New Jersey
49.California
50.New York

The overall freedom ranking is determined by combining scores for fiscal, regulatory, and personal freedom.


Fiscal Policy (35.3%)

The fiscal policy dimension consists of the following categories: Tax Burden(28.6%), Government Employment(2.8%), GovernmentSpending (1.9%),Government Debt (1.2%), and Fiscal Decentralization (0.9%).

Regulatory Policy (32.0%)

The regulatory policy dimension consists of the following categories:Freedom from Tort Abuse (11.5%),Property Right Protection (7.6%),Health Insurance Freedom (5.4%),Labor Market Freedom (3.8%),Occupational Licensing Freedom(1.7%), Miscellaneous Regulatory Freedom (1.3%), and Cable and Telecom Freedom (0.8%).

Personal Freedom (32.7%)

Personal freedom dimension consists of the following categories: Victimless Crime Freedom (9.8%), Gun Control Freedom (6.6%), Tobacco Freedom(4.1%), Alcohol Freedom (2.8%),Marriage Freedom (2.1%), Marijuana and Salvia Freedom (2.1%), Gambling Freedom (2.0%), Education Policy(1.9%), Civil Liberties (0.6%), Travel Freedom (0.5%), Asset Forfeiture Freedom (0.1%), and Campaign Finance Freedom (0.02%).

Since it is legal to burn oil workers to death, by means of negligence, in North Dakota, one cannot escape the conclusion that the measure here is not of liberty, but of license.


Anyone who supports such a state of society has no place in the free world.

Why North Dakota’s oil fields are so deadly for workers

Ok, no gay marriage , can't smoke pot, and you can die in an oil Fire .

North Dakota sounds more like Saudi Arabia than the free-ist state of all!!!!

Lol!

Is this the "freedom" that the right always complains about losing? No wonder all their candidates are worthless fascists!

Just one question do you lock your house or car at night?

I never do anymore, but I guess it don't hurt to have a blue pit.

House and usually the car . I will leave things out in my yard . I like my neighborhood .

It's foolish to not lock your shit.