you get it girl! :)

Sounds like a skewed study to me. Note that many toward the top heavily restrict gun ownership and are in the liberal/socialist basket.

Whaaaat?
Russia is freer than us? Chile, China, SAUDI ARABIA for goodness sakes? Pardon my but language, but Bullshit!! I'll go along with Japan and possibly Germany because we put them where they are. Saudi Arabia??? Gimme a break.

It seems kind of odd to me. To me, freedom is
freedom. Recognition of individual rights; which of
course implies economic freedom. But I admit I
never did a study of that particular angle.

maybe they were paid to do the study. sure has given a lot of people reason to think about the subject.

How far we have fallen in so short a time.

And we haven't stopped our downward spiral. That sucking sound is the whirlpool in the tidy bowl saying "alligators ahead" !

My Grandfather used to say, "The reason the Government hates Native Americans so much. IS because we know the difference between the illusion of freedom and True freedom."

If that is true, it is murder. And it should be prosecuted as such.

Jan

There is something badly wrong with this study. My sister lived in Switzerland for several decades...and everything is controlled there. Even the type of plants you are allowed to plant on your property along a road are controlled - and different restrictions if you live on a corner.

New Zealand and Denmark have socialized medicine. How are they in the top 20?

This smells funny.

Jan

I don't buy this metric. What exactly can one do in the UK that on cannot do in the US, but even the personal freedom score is higher in the UK.

A buddy of mine I grew up with, went to college with, immigrated to Sweden about 20 years ago and never looked back. He loves it there. Go figure. He would keep me entertained sending me photos of his latest girlfriend. Man has had quite a run...haha...

Can't be soon enough..

I have remarked 'bread and circuses' a few times to family and acquaintances, and always a blank stare..

I am dino
Hear me roar

Indeed. Too many nowadays want to walk around blissfully ignorant. I believe local news stations contribute to the problem greatly. Our local channels now spend more time promoting local restaurants, events and healthy living than they do anything of real import to all. Unfortunately a brief look at the local news (probably to catch the weather) seems to be all the time the useful idiots want to expend.

Allosaur
I am not religious but "from your mouth to gods ears".

Hear hear

Before I read your response, freedom, I was thinking Racist-In-Chief O'Marxist would say, "I think 31 is much too high. I have much more hard work to do with my phone and my pen."
(I recently read the presidebt state his concern that a GOP president would undo "all my hard work").

We understand that we have been losing our freedoms for years in all areas of our lives, but those who are or wanting to come here have less of all freedoms than we but they do not know what we have lost. So, they just keep coming here vs going to any country that ranks higher than us. Interesting.

Very true, all their plans really amount to are positions with notional "meat" on it. It is an inefficient system, but still no better options out there.

The USA is still ahead of Greece, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and Cuba ... for now.

He has come out with a position statement on immigration which is pretty comprehensive -- and I usually hate the term comprehensive because it is short for "amnesty only".

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/position...

Although I will admit that I find the game where each of the candidates puts out a detailed plan and talks about how their plan will do this or that for the average family that the other plans won't a farce. The reality is that none of them will pass their plan as written, so all the time we spend on the minutia of their plans is wasted.

Thats the twitchy part...fire burns.

To be something other than a distraction Trump has to come out with position statements and plans just like the rest of them. Maybe not as many, since most of them are lifetime politicos and have decades worth of paper they can wave around. But he has to do the work if he expects to maintain support and/or momentum.

Like I have said before, he is forcing the others to be better candidates just to get any attention at all. Issues that normally are ignored, or even denied to exist are getting public scrutiny...and that is a very good thing.

I'm optimistic that if nothing else, this won't be a boring elections cycle.

(Even if it is way too long)

I have the world to win tech :)

there was something in the Luntz Politico interview I found fascinating. he said: a Trump taps into a fire. well you have to be careful bringing that forth. we need a candidate to provide solutions, a balm to the anger. I thought bread and circuses