MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Freedom in the 50 States

> How does your state rank? My state sucks.
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> http://mercatus.org/sites/default/files/publication/Freedom_in_the_50_States.pdf

26th in Fiscal Policy.

42nd in Regulatory Policy.

38th in Economic Freedom.

38th in Personal Freedom.

41st in Overall Freedom.

Interesting that they mentioned the Kelo Eminent Domain case in the document. Having known a LOT about the case since it happened in my general area, it is so widely misunderstood and falsified everywhere. A lot of what is not mentioned when people go and reference the case is that the houses which were "taken" and the area they were in was HORRENDOUS!!!!! That part of New London was a death trap if you were affluent, or white. The houses which were taken via eminent domain were not brand new houses that would be sold for well above what was being given to the owners. They were beat up, run down, should-have-been-condemned type houses and the prices that they were apparently offered were well above their fair market value. The one part of the case that is properly talked about is the fact that the city went ahead and took property from a citizen so that a large company could move in to that area. For those who had strongly opposed it, that part of New London is now thriving and in much better shape than it ever had been. So what the city was saying when they took that property was correct. Had it not happened, the economic stability of this general area would be in turmoil.

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