Interesting.
I moved from Washington to Kentucky to gain freedom. In Seattle, you need a building permit to build a shed. In my county in KY, I can build a house without an inspection - or permit. But I’ll probably have to pay cash. But even that’s OK, since it will cost a fraction of what it would in Seattle.
And the ANUAL property taxes on 32 acres, with a newer home, is the equivalent of one months car payment on a $30k car.
Yet Washington is much higher up the freedom list. Weird.
This is a joke, right?
This shows Alaska in the top five, when the Feds control 90% of their land. What a joke article.
California #1 in marriage? Hard to trust some of the other numbers.
My top priorities in freedom are: control over my own money (i.e., low taxes), and control over my own protection (i.e., few or no state infringements on my individual, God-given right to keep and bear arms). Sadly, I live in the socialist hellhole known as the People’s Republic of Maryland, which is among the least free states in the union.