Freedom Index

[Bowcephalus]

Have you enjoyed your Liberty today?
Posted this on another thread. Still more incentive to migrate to Missouri from Mississippi.

http://www.statepolicyindex.com/?page_id=143

Overall Freedom Ranking
State Overall Free dom
1. New Hampshire 0.432
2. Colorado 0.421
3. South Dakota 0.392
4. Idaho 0.356
5. Texas 0.346
6. Missouri 0.320
7. Tennessee 0.284
8. Arizona 0.279
9. Virginia 0.275
10. North Dakota 0.268
11. Utah 0.250
12. Kansas 0.210
13. Indiana 0.208
14. Michigan 0.206
15. Wyoming 0.193
16. Iowa 0.183
17. Georgia 0.146
18. Oklahoma 0.143
19. Montana 0.125
20. Pennsylvania 0.102
21. Alabama 0.092
22. Florida 0.068
23. North Carolina 0.019
24. Nevada 0.013
25. Mississippi -0.004
26. Delaware -0.008
27. Oregon -0.009
28. Nebraska -0.018
29. Arkansas -0.023
30. South Carolina -0.040
31. Alaska -0.071
32. Kentucky -0.082
33. West Virginia -0.097
34. Louisiana -0.110
35. Minnesota -0.111
36. New Mexico -0.150
37. Wisconsin -0.199
38. Ohio -0.205
39. Maine -0.214
40. Vermont -0.217
41. Connecticut -0.225
42. Illinois -0.238
43. Massachusetts -0.242
44. Washington -0.275
45. Hawaii -0.304
46. Maryland -0.405
47. California -0.413
48. Rhode Island -0.430
49. New Jersey -0.457
50. New York -0.784

[billhuntz]

See Ya!!!

[Bowcephalus]

No ya won't, at least not in Maryland!

Bill methinks you misunderstood.
Here, lemme help ya out a bit.

Now, read it again...;)

[raisins]

You would have to weight different factors to come up with an index. It would be cooler if a website came up with a thingie where you put in your own weights, then you get your own personal ranking. Sorry, forgot that freedom is universal and objective, since it is so gosh darn American. Everything like that is objective :)

[Bowcephalus]

Raisins you read the study in that link that fast? Think you might want to re-think that last post.

[Bowcephalus]

"You would have to weight different factors to come up with an index." LMAO, I think you didn't read it at all. So much for your own "objectivity".

Again, lemme help ya out there Raisins.

From the first page of the link Raisins

Brief Guide to Re-Weighting Variables
The easiest way to create your own state ranking is to use this nifty, interactive website created by a reader (http://freedom.robocourt.com/). This site is independent of statepolicyindex.com, so we don’t make any guarantees, but we have found it useful. The rest of this section deals with how to use the spreadsheet directly to create your own ranking.

To create your own “freedom ranking,” download the updated spreadsheet above. Variables are represented in columns, states in rows.

You really should at least read a bit of the information I provide before making yourself look so foolish.

[Bowcephalus]

I think you and Bill missed that cup of coffee earlier this morning....;)

[billhuntz]

Thanks for the help???

I live in Maryland and agree with the study. I'm just not leaving thank you...I happen to like being an American.

And stop taking yourself so seriously, I don't need help to read charts and graphs that's what I do for a living lighten up and laugh a little. I like a little satire in my life.

[Bowcephalus]

Thanks for the help???I don't need help to read charts and graphs that's what I do for a living
The chart part was for Raisins, the clarification on the migration being from "Mississippi to Missouri" via the edit vs. leaving the country, was for you Bill, in reference to "see ya"(I happen to like being an American.)
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And stop taking yourself so seriously,lighten up and laugh a little. I like a little satire in my life.

You know what this ;) means doncha Bill.....