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Other ten tops are Ireland, New Zealand, Britain, Denmark, Iceland, Australia, and Chile. The WSJ calls them “relatively recent converts to free market”.
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When are people going to stop thinking that freer is better. Obviously a totally free market would fail miserably. It's nonsense.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Its breaks down why each country got its score here:
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There are alot more though, pretty interesting.Trade Policy
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The World Bank reports that the United States’ weighted average tariff rate in 2002 (the most recent year for which World Bank data are available) was 2.6 percent. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, the government imposes non-tariff barriers, including quotas, tariff rate import quotas, anti-dumping provisions, countervailing duties, and licensing requirements, on a number of goods.Comment
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Is there anyone in this forum who even believes in laissez-faire?Originally posted by Kidicious
When are people going to stop thinking that freer is better. Obviously a totally free market would fail miserably. It's nonsense.Comment
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I thought you did, but I just noticed that you winked. There certainly are plenty of people who believe that anything that makes the market freer is good.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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It's becaus they define "free" as meaning a socialist model which includes "free" government run health care. At least that's how it works on many of the surveys released in the last few years. I honestly can't be bothered looking up the methodology for this one.Originally posted by DanS
That's only one factor in the score. You could have 80% taxation, but still have a "free" economy. See Denmark.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Yes.Is there anyone in this forum who even believes in laissez-faire?Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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No way.Originally posted by Oerdin
It's becaus they define "free" as meaning a socialist model which includes "free" government run health care. At least that's how it works on many of the surveys released in the last few years. I honestly can't be bothered looking up the methodology for this one.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Ahh, the Heritage Foundation... I believe we have found the party trying to pick an ideological bone and it wasn't the socialists after all. Hertage foundation loves Bush and wants to end Social Security and the federal income tax. Balancing budgets doesn't matter to them as long as Bush keeps cutting taxes for the uber-rich.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Although, in fairness, ending Social Security and other similar welfare programs WOULD probably balance the budget, in spite of tax cuts
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Hardly DF. SS still brings in more than it costs.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Give it a couple of years
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And also note that I included the phrase "other welfare programs"
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I don't care if you call SS welfare. It doesn't bother me.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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