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Some interesting results, not the least of which is Texas having the least amount of personal freedom.
“Freedom” is a subjective word anyway. Freedom to many a conservative means the freedom to live life as they see fit, while also having the unencumbered right to tell you how to live your life.
A lot of what I read seems to be from a strongly libertarian viewpoint.
It's done by the Cato Institute. So yea, libertarian.
I found drilling down to the individual sections was sometimes confusing as to if the top 5 or bottom 5 was a good thing or bad thing, especially on taxes vs government spending.
And as far as I am concerned school choice has very little to do with education and is more a funnel to fraud and indoctrination.
Yeah, it’s based on a very particular idea of freedom, specifically their idea of government non-interference (although “right to work” laws are government interference in labor negotiations, so why is it more free?). The fact that they don’t seem to outline the rationale for why X is good and Y is bad and in many places don’t even outline why one state’s policy is good or bad loses credibility with me. But it’s also clear this is “freedom of capital” at least as much as “freedom of people”.
But then again, I believe depriving someone of their full life through “socializing costs” is impinging on their freedoms, but I guess that is secondary to the right to conduct business without interference?
I’m a bit salty as I’ve been listening to a podcast going over the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster. As the guest on the podcast stated (and I’m paraphrasing): ”One thing I wish other libertarians would understand is that regulations are written in blood. If we didn’t codify the things you can’t do, corporations will do it, and have done it.”
"I hain't a man lessun' I kin roll me some koal"Freedom means I get to drive around in my pickup that you can feel the piston rumble for 3 counties and if you do not like it, go somewhere else. 4 counties over.
Possibly a different issue, but I really don’t get the state's rights (usually associated with freedom) people on economic issues. From one end of the spectrum to the other CA thrives under the same federal government as Alabama which seems hellbent on being the nation’s capital of poverty. The obvious difference there is the states’ governments and what they are doing about opportunity.
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