Under Obama, U.S. personal freedom ranking slips below France

[Stephanie]

Like we didn't already know this. Strangling us is more like it

SNIP:
BYJASON RUSSELL|NOVEMBER 18, 2014 | 12:48 PM

A new study shows shows that citizens of France now feel that they enjoy more personal freedom...
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 theWashington Examinerreported this morning, representatives of the Legatum Institute are in the U.S. this week to promote the sixth edition of theirProsperity 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.

RELATED: Measure of prosperity aims to go beyond GDP

The freedom scores are based on polling data from 2013 indicating citizens’ satisfaction with their nation's handling of civil liberties, freedom of choice, tolerance of ethnic minorities, and tolerance of immigrants. Polling data were provided by Gallup World Poll Service. The index is notable for the way it measures how free people feel, unlike other freedom indices that measure freedom by comparing government policies.
“This is not a good report for Obama,” Legatum Institute spokeswoman Cristina Odone told theWashington Examiner.
In the 2010 report (which relied on data gathered in 2009), the U.S. was ranked ninth in personal freedom, but that ranking has since fallen to 21st, with several countries, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom passing the U.S.

all of it here:
Under Obama U.S. personal freedom ranking slips below France WashingtonExaminer.com

 

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[theDoctorisIn]

So "personal freedom" is measured by how much of it people think they have?

 

[boedicca]

Stupid American Voters can't be trusted with freedom...so Whatever.

 

[daws101]

Stupid American Voters can't be trusted with freedom...so Whatever.

fact is some can't

 

[Stephanie]

So "personal freedom" is measured by how much of it people think they have?

Read the article or not. Or interpret it however you want.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

So "personal freedom" is measured by how much of it people think they have?

Read the article or not. Or interpret it however you want.

I did read the article.

That's why I'm pointing out how silly it's claims are.