(And I meant to say, thank you for sharing this with the Group!)
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Morning Michael! > > This is both troubling and fascinating at the same time....I note that > Great Britain is tied with us in overall economic freedom, and a number of > Nations that we would assume "economically free" also rank quite low. > > Although I didn't buy the report, here is CATO's web page in the report: > > http://www.cato.org/economic-freedom-world > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 8:24 AM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> *The World's Most Free Countries: United States No Longer in Top Ten *October >> 10, 2014 >> >> The Cato Institute has produced its annual "Economic Freedom of the >> World" index, and the results are troubling. Michael Tanner of the Cato >> Institute reports the United States is no longer among the top 10 >> countries; it has fallen to twelfth place, behind Hong Kong, Singapore, New >> Zealand, Switzerland, Mauritius, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, >> Australia, Jordan, Chile and Finland. >> >> The United States' decline has been swift; it was ranked the second >> freest nation in the world in just 2000. The rankings are calculated after >> assessing the size of government, a country's legal structure, access to >> sound money, free trade and regulation. Tanner explains why the United >> States has fallen so far down the list: >> >> - The size of American government is only growing, and while it is >> not as large as some European governments, it is bigger than governments >> in >> Brazil and Mexico. The United States ranked 46th based on government size. >> - In terms of free trade, the United States fell into 29th place. >> - In 2005, the United States was scored as having the best sound >> money policy in the world. But, thanks to years of quantitative easing, >> America ranked 38th in the latest freedom index. >> - In 1980, the United States ranked as having the best legal system >> and system of property rights, and it was still in the top 10 as of 2000. >> But in the latest report, the United States has fallen to 36th place, >> based >> on the use of eminent domain, an increase in property seizures and >> property >> rights violations as a result of the auto bailout. >> - While the United States ranked in the top 10 for regulation, it has >> dropped in recent years; in 2000, the United States was in second place. >> >> >> Tanner reminds readers the economic freedom index does not take into >> account a number of non-economic freedom issues: the surveillance state, >> police militarization and a growing and intrusive government bureaucracy. >> >> Source: Michael Tanner, " Land of the Free? >> <http://www.nationalreview.com/article/389802/land-free-michael-tanner>" >> National Review, October 8, 2014. >> >> >> >> http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=24945&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DPD >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
