America falls out of the top 10 most economically 'free' countries

[FreepFryer]

<edited - added second source>

According to The 2005 Index of Economic Freedom, the USA has for the first time dropped from the top 10 free nations of the world, Hong Kong continues its number one ranking for the 11th consecutive year, released by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal.

http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/
article: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2dafc3a8-5ebe-11d9-9c66-00000e2511c8.html

Incredible. We have DROPPED in our economic freedom with a supposedly 'fiscally conservative' President and Congress. Remember free enterprise? 'Laissez-faire'? Market-driven economics? Trickle-down?!?!

Don't believe their frame. It's not about freedom for them, it's about profit at the expense of anyone they can fleece.

We will reject this administration, through unity and hard work.

[liberal N proud]

1. Just as the bush regime planned n/t

[tk2kewl]

2. what a crock

[trotsky]

3. And yet the supposedly "real" conservatives

still voted for him. Astonishing.

[Cocoa]

4. lol

this meaningless news about this meaningless index should make for some good discussion in the RW columns.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

5. .

[unpossibles]

6. good

since the article states the "blame" lies with anti-dumping regulations, etc.

Do we really want the kind of freedom which enables child-labor and pollution to save a buck? Not worth it to me.

[Democrats_win]

7. bush economy: homeless dying in the streets. Literally

A man apparently sleeping on a steam grate in a downtown Denver street died early Sunday after he was hit by a car driven by a federal police officer.

<link:www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E2631423,00.html?search=filter|Denver Post>

[unpossibles]

8. I am not saying Bush's economy is good at all, trust me

what I am saying is that it's good that we are distancing ourselves from places where child labor and safety laws are non-existant or too lax.

[In Truth We Trust]

9. Good post Freep Fryer. Kick