[SeekAndFind]

Click here for the full report :

http://www.mercatus.org/uploadedFiles/Mercatus/Publications/Freedom%20in%20the%2050%20States.pdf

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

California isn’t in the top ten? I’m a little surprised.

[SeekAndFind]

On the same report is the TOP 10 BEST STATES FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32479

Here they are :

1. Alaska

2. Maine

3. New Mexico

4. Arkansas

5. Texas

6. Missouri

7. Oregon

8. Idaho

9. Virginia

10. Wyoming

[east1234]

lol, this is why I left MD 12 yrs ago.

[SeekAndFind]

I’m surprised that Michigan isn’t in the top 10 worst state for personal freedom.

[RC2]

California will be on that list shortly. With the budget problems they are having, they will raise taxes on the people and curtail their freedoms as well. California budgets their spending at $1.50 for every $1.00 they bring in, and they wonder why they have a problem.

[buccaneer81]

Depends on which freedoms are being looked at. Comparing Alabama, Georgia and even Ohio to Massachusetts in terms of Second Amendment rights is simply laughable.

[vaudine]

Call me inept, or even lazy, but could you make this a click on link?

vaudine

[Clemenza]

Was born in #6, have spent most of my life in # 3, went to graduate school in #2. Illinois truly is the worst in terms of hidden taxes and surcharges, with the gun laws being little different than New York State’s (which are slightly less restrictive than North Korea).

[Onelifetogive]

Sex shops and drugs are weighted too heavily, and taxes are not weighted enough...

[bmwcyle]

ping

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Since it ranks 19th on the list of best states, maybe I won’t be moving to Montana soon. Wonder how well dental floss grows in NH....

[Billthedrill]

The first seven seem to give us a disproportionate number of national politicians. What a surprise.

[La Lydia]

Maryland should have been listed twice.

[mad_as_he$$]

Everyone needs to READ the original article and understand the study’s definition of “freedom”. It is NOT necessarily what Conservatives hold to be those truths.

[GOP Poet]

relieved not to see California on there. But we all know that is coming down the pike with all the environmental restrictions on cars etc. Unless the train gets derailed.

[Longhair_and_Leather]

Though I fully expected New Jersey to be on this list, it may be the best state to home-school your child. Virtually no regulations. I’m so grateful for the strong home-school lobby in this state.

[Albion Wilde]

Ping

[RetroSexual]

But....but....Maryland is the “free state”! How can this be?

It doesn’t matter anyway. Didn’t you hear that Michael Jackson just died?

[rjamesca]

Looking at the ten best and worst, it is clear the the people pitting the list together are smoking something.

[ansel12]

A lot of this is based on the leftwing libertarian “personal freedom” agenda, gay power, dope, hookers, etc.