Posted on 11/19/2014 6:52:42 AM PST by KeyLargo
Under Obama, U.S. personal freedom ranking slips below France
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Another Obama promise kept.
Don’t laugh - he did promise to make us more like Europe.
Obama is a dictator and is about to unconstitutionally give illegals amnesty, bypassing congress
with this illegal amnesty Obama is about to ruin the USA , our way of life and freedom
i hate Obama more than anything
worst president by far
I hate this piece of excrement called Obama
Top freedom country supposedly is New Zealand. Although not too sure about their gun laws ... or why they’d need them other than hunting or vermin control.
GOP Leadership to Relinquish all (Gun) Policy Decisions to Dems, for Next 10 Months
Posted on November 18, 2014 by Ammoland
Washington, DC —(Ammoland.com)- First, the good news. Last week, you contacted your congressional representatives and demanded a “short term” Continuing Resolution. They heard you, and every conservative in Washington is echoing this theme.
Now for the bad news. Even though Republicans just won control of Congress, what’s the first “bright idea” the Republican leadership comes up with after their wave election?
ANSWER: GIVE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS CONTROL OF THE CONGRESS FOR THE NEXT TEN MONTHS!!!!!
Thankfully, the overwhelming percentage of conservative Republicans in Washington are opposed to this. And that’s why we need to keep lighting the fire under them, so they will continue to keep pressing their leadership to stand up to Harry Reid and Barack Obama.
Here is what’s at stake: Virtually all spending and policy decisions are made on the giant government-funding bill, called the “continuing resolution” or “CR.”
And it’s in the “CR” where we have been able to defund much of Obama’s anti-gun agenda: defunding the shotgun import ban, Fast & Furious, the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, etc.
Obama promised to fundamentally transform America and apparently he believes we have too much freedom.
This Is Not a Ranking We Should Be Proud Of
Amy Payne / January 14, 2014
Would you want to live in a country that is losing freedom?
How about a country that has lost ground in property rights and become more corrupt?
If you’re an American, you’re living there.
The 20th anniversary edition of the Index of Economic Freedom reveals that the United States has dropped out of the top 10 freest economies in the world.
When President Obama took office, the U.S. was ranked 6th. Now it is 12th.
http://dailysignal.com/2014/01/14/economic-freedom-u-s-dropping-rankings/
France of 2014 or France of 1942?
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