Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

[ecco]

Not when your number 17 on the index. We used to be in the top three.

Sadly, America's Not the Freest Country in the World
The U.S. used to come in second or third in rankings, but according to the latest Human Freedom Index it's at 17.

JOHN STOSSEL | 1.31.2018 12:15 AM


(Daniel Mennerich/flickr)
Is America the world's freest country? Sadly, no.

When researchers first started doing detailed international comparisons, the USA came in second or third. This year, however, we ranked 17th.

The comparison I cite is the newly released Human Freedom Index, compiled by the Fraser and Cato Institutes. They compared economic freedoms such as freedom to trade, amount of regulations and tax levels, plus personal freedoms such as women's rights and religious freedom.

Their new report concludes that the world's freest countries are now:

1. Switzerland.
2. Hong Kong.
3. New Zealand.
4. Ireland.
5. Australia.

"The United States used to have one of the freest economies in the world," Index co-author Ian Vasquez says. "It used to be a two, three or four, and then government started to grow [and] spend more."​

Do you realize that study was done by the ultra right-wing Cato Institure?
Do you realize that the article was written by John Stossel - an ultra conservative talking head?

Do you really think the people in Hong Kong believe they have more personal freedom than the average American? Did you notice the study was about: economic freedoms such as freedom to trade, amount of regulations and tax levels, plus personal freedoms such as women's rights and religious freedom.

Can you see how much weight is given to each of the categories? No.
Why don't you dig into the actual study and report back so we can all see just how bad off we are.

Don't you ever get tired of being scared by the Right-Wing manipulators? Obama Lies - Grandma Dies. Do you remember that one?

 

[Twilight Hue]

Sadly, America's Not the Freest Country in the World
The U.S. used to come in second or third in rankings, but according to the latest Human Freedom Index it's at 17.

JOHN STOSSEL | 1.31.2018 12:15 AM


(Daniel Mennerich/flickr)
Is America the world's freest country? Sadly, no.

When researchers first started doing detailed international comparisons, the USA came in second or third. This year, however, we ranked 17th.

The comparison I cite is the newly released Human Freedom Index, compiled by the Fraser and Cato Institutes. They compared economic freedoms such as freedom to trade, amount of regulations and tax levels, plus personal freedoms such as women's rights and religious freedom.

Their new report concludes that the world's freest countries are now:

1. Switzerland.
2. Hong Kong.
3. New Zealand.
4. Ireland.
5. Australia.

"The United States used to have one of the freest economies in the world," Index co-author Ian Vasquez says. "It used to be a two, three or four, and then government started to grow [and] spend more."​

Do you realize that study was done by the ultra right-wing Cato Institure?
Do you realize that the article was written by John Stossel - an ultra conservative talking head?

Do you really think the people in Hong Kong believe they have more personal freedom than the average American? Did you notice the study was about: economic freedoms such as freedom to trade, amount of regulations and tax levels, plus personal freedoms such as women's rights and religious freedom.

Can you see how much weight is given to each of the categories? No.
Why don't you dig into the actual study and report back so we can all see just how bad off we are.

Don't you ever get tired of being scared by the Right-Wing manipulators? Obama Lies - Grandma Dies. Do you remember that one?

It's a libertarian think tank. Not ultra right..

Make one wonder who's being minuplated.

 

[Suave]

Sadly, America's Not the Freest Country in the World

The top five freest nations in the world each have universal health care, perhaps we can agree when people spend less on having health insurance, they have more discretionary income to spend as they please.

 

[fantome profane]

Well as long as they do it right this time.

However I'm not holding out in hopes the US will climb back up the index anytime soon.

No, given recent events in your country you are not likely to climb up, quite the contrary.

Voter suppression laws, restrictions on reproductive rights, discrimination against LGBTQ, spreading disinformation, threats of violence against poll workers and election officials, etc.

But the ACA is literally the least of your problems.

 

[tytlyf]

It's a libertarian think tank.

It's a Koch think tank. Koch billionaires own your party and policy.

Make one wonder who's being minuplated.

Republican voters who aren't wealthy are the only people being manipulated. Because how else would corporate policy win any elections if the little man wasn't tricked into supporting it?

Cato Institute - SourceWatch

 

[Twilight Hue]

It's a Koch think tank. Koch billionaires own your party and policy.


Republican voters who aren't wealthy are the only people being manipulated. Because how else would corporate policy win any elections if the little man wasn't tricked into supporting it?

Cato Institute - SourceWatch

No. It's libertarian.

It started out as Koch at its founding , but has since changed.

Cato Institute - Wikipedia

First sentence even.

Unless you want to change the Wiki yourself.

 

[tytlyf]

No. It's libertarian.

It started out as Koch at its founding , but has since changed.

Cato Institute - Wikipedia

First sentence even.

Unless you want to change the Wiki yourself.

The Kochs claim to be libertarian. They control the movement in America.
You do realize that big oil and fossil fuel industries control the Republican party right?

 

[ecco]

It's a libertarian think tank. Not ultra right..

You should have put "libertarian" in quotes...

The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded as the Charles Koch Foundation in 1974

Kochs are right wing conservatives.

John Stossel, who authored the article may have been a libertarian once upon a time. That was then, this is now...

My emphases

John Stossel’s Transformation from Skeptical Libertarian to Polluter Apologist
John Stossel’s Transformation from Skeptical Libertarian to Polluter Apologist
by Connor Gibson
November 11, 2020

John Stossel has purposefully and wrongfully denied much of the scientific data that we currently hold to be true regarding our planet’s changing climate and its potential consequences

Over the years, something has become pretty clear: No amount of evidence will convince John Stossel that we are experiencing a global climate crisis.

Throughout his career as a television host for companies like ABC and Fox Business Network, and now through YouTube, Stossel has purposefully and wrongfully denied much of the scientific data that we currently hold to be true regarding our planet’s changing climate and its potential consequences.
John Stossel departed from ABC’s 20/20 in 2009 because, as he details in a 2016 interview, “They were no longer interested in airing my libertarian stories…” He quickly found a new platform at Fox Business through Stossel, where he worked to mask racial and environmental injustices under the cloak of “Libertarian” ideology.


At Fox, Stossel encouraged skepticism among his viewers with regard to climate change science and often interviewed a handful of discredited scientists tied to industry-funded organizations. Stossel ran a series of TV segments called “Green Tyranny,” where he made claims intended to undermine trust in political efforts to mitigate climate change.
One particular “Green Tyranny” interview in 2015, archived by DeSmog, involved career climate contrarians Patrick Michaels, Judith Curry, and Alex Epstein. Stossel claimed that an increase in our atmospheric temperature might actually benefit our planet because “cold waves kill many more people than heat waves.” This comment is, of course, both wrong and dangerous, as scientists agree that just a few degrees of global warming has a huge impact on ice sheets, sea levels, and many other aspects key to maintaining a stable climate.​

Make one wonder who's being minuplated.

You, since you believe people in Hong Kong live in the second "freest countr[y]"

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/23/hon...aper-apple-daily-to-shut-down-operations.html
POINTS

• Embattled Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily said Wednesday it will cease operations from midnight.
• The newspaper has come under increasing pressure since its owner, media tycoon Jimmy Lai who is a strong critic of the Chinese central government, was arrested last year under the national security law.
• Last week, around 500 police officers raided the publication’s offices while some executives and staff were arrested on suspicion of colluding with a foreign country.

You, since you believe Koch's CATO Institute is anything but conservative.

You, since you believe Joh Stossel is anything but conservative.