humble3d Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 American personal freedom now ranks below 20 other countries...Americans' assessments of their personal freedom have significantly declined under President Obama, according to a new study from the Legatum Institute in London, and the United States now ranks below 20 other countries on this measure.The research shows that citizens of countries including France, Uruguay, and Costa Rica now feel that they enjoy more personal freedom than Americans.As the Washington Examiner reported this morning, representatives of the Legatum Institute are in the U.S. this week to promote the sixth edition of their Prosperity Index. The index aims to measure aspects of prosperity that typical gross domestic product measurements don’t include, such as entrepreneurship and opportunity, education, and social capital.http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/under-obama-u.s.-personal-freedom-ranking-slips-below-france/article/2556322 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 and where is russia and china on this list i would also suggest that the makers of this list purposely stacked the way they look at it to rank the usa down so low..last time i checked you can still stand on a soap box and tell everyone you want that you hate the president or the police or the army or your mayor or that you just hate... try that in any of the countries in the world that are communist or or run by religious dictators russia, china and iran spring to the top of list for this thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmulc Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 and where is russia and china on this list i would also suggest that the makers of this list purposely stacked the way they look at it to rank the usa down so low..last time i checked you can still stand on a soap box and tell everyone you want that you hate the president or the police or the army or your mayor or that you just hate... try that in any of the countries in the world that are communist or or run by religious dictators russia, china and iran spring to the top of list for this thoughtIt's the Washington Examiner. The "news" there is so slanted it makes the Tower of Pisa look vertical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 thought maybe it was infowars or something similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmulc Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 thought maybe it was infowars or something similarNot quite so batshit insane. Just part of the Conservative Echochamber™, there to disseminate the day's dose of fear and outrage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEEL Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 :wtf: ? Is South Africa in this Picture, when we can openly say in Government,, our President is a Thief :Phttps://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=830927236970944https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=830927236970944&set=vb.428458027217869&type=2&theater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Idare anyone in russia or china to identfy themself puplicly then say that about the leaders there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lister Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 For those wondering why China and Russia aren't on the list, it only goes to 26. I imagine the Russians and Chinese would be quite a ways down. Don't know why the prosperity index was posted though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmulc Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 "The ranking is based on a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, education, health, personal well-being, and quality of life". I don't see anything about "personal freedom". I DO see "health", "personal well being", and "quality of life" and can think of one thing that affects all three factors that every other country in the top 15 has that the U.S. lacks: single payer health care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmulc Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 For those wondering why China and Russia aren't on the list, it only goes to 26. I imagine the Russians and Chinese would be quite a ways down. Don't know why the prosperity index was posted though.Because it was the study mentioned in the article. What does it have to do with "personal freedom"? Doesn't matter, so long as it's Obama's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 We're still comparing countries, but ignoring the fact that the world as a whole is becoming less free and prosperous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go0gle Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Freedom is an illusion and some still believe it is reality :lol: ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 i'm surprised it's even in the list ¬¬ya know... with US, being the pinnacle of personal freedoms and all that horseshit people let themselves be spoon fed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 glad to be a canuck and living in canada.....but any of the people living in america and thinking they have it bad...well go try and live almost anywhere else and then try to speak out about how your new government treats it own people...in almost all other (other than free democracies) countries nobody has it as good when it comes to real freedoms...i personally know people that escaped from the iron curtain when it was up..they still cannot get over the fact they can wake up every day and just decide to fly anywhere in Canada or the world for that matter, walk up to cop and ask directions...where they came form you could not do that...i also know people that lived under repression ...as in at any moment rebels OR government forces could at any time show up and dispose of their entire families unbelievably brutal ways. I also have personal friends who have family members who survived nazi germany and the concentration camps...so think hard hn you whine about things...you do not know how lucky you are to not have to live and survive as most people in this world have to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Freedom...Democracy...words found in books; not real world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Freedom...Democracy...words found in books; not real world...well so is religions, and people still kill each other over it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Freedom...Democracy...words found in books; not real world...well so is religions, and people still kill each other over it..."Religious" acts, indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Man has always been very willing to use religion as an excuse to do bad things.... it is man not religion..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nIGHT Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humble3d Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 ONLY JOKING...ONLY JOKING... I MUST READ IT ALL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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