Red states dominate index of fiscal, regulatory, and personal freedoms, while blue states are the least free

[Anonymous]

Which is why working families are fleeing states like California for Texas and Florida.



The Cato Institute released its sixth-annual "Freedom in the 50 States" report this week. The index provides an "updated ranking of the American states on the basis of how their policies promote freedom in the fiscal, regulatory, and personal realms." The index of freedoms in all 50 states shows that red states dominate the list in the states with the most freedoms, while the blue states with Democratic governors were often at the bottom of the list.



The authors of the study define "freedom" as:



We ground our conception of freedom on an individual rights framework. In our view, individuals should be allowed to dispose of their lives, liberties, and property as they see fit, so long as they do not infringe on the rights of others. This understanding of freedom follows from the natural-rights liberal thought of John Locke, Immanuel Kant, and Robert Nozick, but it is also consistent with the rights-generating rule-utilitarianism of Herbert Spencer and others.



To formulate the "Freedom in the 50 States" index, the Cato Institute looked at three main categories: personal freedoms, fiscal policies, and regulatory policies. There are 230 policy variables, and 25 subcategories such as incarceration, guns, education, marijuana, state taxation, land use freedom, and labor-market freedom.



The COVID-19 pandemic and the draconian measures implemented by governors forced the Cato Institute to "add a new section analyzing how state COVID-19 responses have affected freedom since the pandemic began." The libertarian think tank noted that the new pandemic section "discusses significant policy changes and trends since the data cutoff, ensuring that readers have a strong sense of the state of freedom in the states today."



In the "Freedom in the 50 States" index, states with Republican governors notched eight of the 10 most free states. Meanwhile, eight of the states with the worst freedom ratings were led by Democratic governors.



In overall freedom, the top 10 states are:



New Hampshire - Republican Governor

Florida - Republican Governor

Nevada - Democratic Governor

Tennessee - Republican - Governor

South Dakota - Republican Governor

Indiana - Republican Governor

Michigan - Democratic Governor

Georgia - Republican Governor

Arizona - Republican Governor

Idaho - Republican Governor

The worst 10 states for freedom:



New York - Democratic Governor

Hawaii - Democratic Governor

California - Democratic Governor

New Jersey - Democratic Governor

Oregon - Democratic Governor

Maryland - Republican Governor

Delaware - Democratic Governor

Vermont - Republican Governor

New Mexico - Democratic Governor

Rhode Island - Democratic Governor

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[Anonymous]

Freedom and prosperity are overrated. We whites aren't interested in either.

[Anonymous]

Freedom and prosperity are overrated. We whites aren't interested in either.

I'm old, white, gay and I agree.

[Anonymous]

What is with you this morning Shen. Bored?

[Anonymous]

What is with you this morning Shen. Bored?

Yes. Yes, I am. Big fucking deal. Nerd!!

[Anonymous]

What is with you this morning Shen. Bored?

Yes. Yes, I am. Big fucking deal. Nerd!!

I guess it's my fault for parking this thread in this sub.

[Anonymous]

What is with you this morning Shen. Bored?

Yes. Yes, I am. Big fucking deal. Nerd!!

I guess it's my fault for parking this thread in this sub.

It's totally ur fault. :001_tongue:

[kiebers]

   

[Anonymous]

Which is why working families are fleeing states like California for Texas and Florida.



The Cato Institute released its sixth-annual "Freedom in the 50 States" report this week. The index provides an "updated ranking of the American states on the basis of how their policies promote freedom in the fiscal, regulatory, and personal realms." The index of freedoms in all 50 states shows that red states dominate the list in the states with the most freedoms, while the blue states with Democratic governors were often at the bottom of the list.



The authors of the study define "freedom" as:



We ground our conception of freedom on an individual rights framework. In our view, individuals should be allowed to dispose of their lives, liberties, and property as they see fit, so long as they do not infringe on the rights of others. This understanding of freedom follows from the natural-rights liberal thought of John Locke, Immanuel Kant, and Robert Nozick, but it is also consistent with the rights-generating rule-utilitarianism of Herbert Spencer and others.



To formulate the "Freedom in the 50 States" index, the Cato Institute looked at three main categories: personal freedoms, fiscal policies, and regulatory policies. There are 230 policy variables, and 25 subcategories such as incarceration, guns, education, marijuana, state taxation, land use freedom, and labor-market freedom.



The COVID-19 pandemic and the draconian measures implemented by governors forced the Cato Institute to "add a new section analyzing how state COVID-19 responses have affected freedom since the pandemic began." The libertarian think tank noted that the new pandemic section "discusses significant policy changes and trends since the data cutoff, ensuring that readers have a strong sense of the state of freedom in the states today."



In the "Freedom in the 50 States" index, states with Republican governors notched eight of the 10 most free states. Meanwhile, eight of the states with the worst freedom ratings were led by Democratic governors.



In overall freedom, the top 10 states are:



New Hampshire - Republican Governor

Florida - Republican Governor

Nevada - Democratic Governor

Tennessee - Republican - Governor

South Dakota - Republican Governor

Indiana - Republican Governor

Michigan - Democratic Governor

Georgia - Republican Governor

Arizona - Republican Governor

Idaho - Republican Governor

The worst 10 states for freedom:



New York - Democratic Governor

Hawaii - Democratic Governor

California - Democratic Governor

New Jersey - Democratic Governor

Oregon - Democratic Governor

Maryland - Republican Governor

Delaware - Democratic Governor

Vermont - Republican Governor

New Mexico - Democratic Governor

Rhode Island - Democratic Governor

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North Dakota should be in the top ten good list.

[Frood]

New Hampshire is great....

[Anonymous]

Arizona and Texas have recovered all jobs lost during the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, thanks to an influx of coastal urbanites and businesses into the state in recent years.



These two states have now joined the ranks of Idaho and Utah for a full jobs recovery. The latest statewide data from Texas, dating back to November, indicates that the Lone Star State has added 28,000 more jobs than it counted in February 2020; with Arizona, Idaho, and Utah adding 5,000, 14,500, and 61,000 new jobs, respectively.



If the pattern continues, this may foreshadow a broader trend, in which about one-third of U.S. states will return to pre-pandemic job numbers by the middle of the current year, according to Moody's Analytics economist Adam Kamins. These states, mostly Republican-leaning and clustered in the American interior, are continuing to benefit from a number of demographic and economic trends which have drawn a steady trickle of coastal transplants and their capital to the Midwest, Rocky Mountains, and Southwest regions.



Meanwhile, economic recovery has been stunted in the coasts, with the affluent states of the Northwest and the Pacific burdened by high costs of living, rising crime rates, and onerous CCP virus restrictions.



Demographers have predicted an exodus from the coasts to the American interior for years, but the pattern has greatly accelerated as a result of the ongoing pandemic and its downstream consequences. All four of the states which have reported job growth since February 2020 are alike in holding relatively relaxed pandemic restrictions, which have blunted the impact of the CCP virus on these states' economies.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/arizona-texas-have-recovered-all-jobs-lost-during-pandemic_4220189.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2022-01-19&mktids=31927f2fedeaf8a53e9b5c90ff70105a&est=LN%2BmSDVe%2BaTKQ82I4Ck6foXo8nXsPZsCVY9iJQ3bGmj5vMd2Ve1GgaMn0phqektPaA%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morni ... tPaA%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/arizona-texas-have-recovered-all-jobs-lost-during-pandemic_4220189.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2022-01-19&mktids=31927f2fedeaf8a53e9b5c90ff70105a&est=LN%2BmSDVe%2BaTKQ82I4Ck6foXo8nXsPZsCVY9iJQ3bGmj5vMd2Ve1GgaMn0phqektPaA%3D%3D



Let freedom reign. Americans are voting with their feet against Dem state's martial law.

[Anonymous]

Democratic governors are finally catching up to their Republican peers and ending masking requirements. Biden says it's still too early for states to ease school mask mandates. :001_rolleyes:

[Anonymous]

Democratic governors are finally catching up to their Republican peers and ending masking requirements. Biden says it's still too early for states to ease school mask mandates. :001_rolleyes:

Keeping children out of school for long perids of time was a big mistake..



But, having seen some of the garbage they are forcing on children in the USA, maybe not.

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