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Way to go Obama! We're now a "mostly free" country thanks to your crooked morality.
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Corruption is a growing concern as the cronyism and economic rent-seeking associated with the growth of government have undermined institutional integrity
In before liberals:
1)insult the source of the index
2)blame it on Bush
3)post a non-sensical counterpoint with a lot of emoticons at the end because they think it makes their point legitimate
Way to go Obama! We're now a "mostly free" country thanks to your crooked morality.
In before liberals:
1)insult the source of the index
2)blame it on Bush
3)post a non-sensical counterpoint with a lot of emoticons at the end because they think it makes their point legitimate
WOW! Obama must be quite talented to have caused this decline four years in a row when he's only been POTUS for three, eh?
Typical self-Righteous BS.
Since the article clearly associates the decline with growth of government and you're so happy to place 100% of the blame on Obama and liberals, perhaps you'd care to tell us just WHEN we've had a conservative government that REDUCED the size of government?
I don't disagree. Corruption is growing at an alarming rate in our government on both sides.
They don't even try to hide it anymore it's become so accepted.
I mean, how did it get to the point that the US Federal Government is paying for advertising for Dominoe's pizza ? HOW ?
WOW! Obama must be quite talented to have caused this decline four years in a row when he's only been POTUS for three, eh?
Typical self-Righteous BS.
Since the article clearly associates the decline with growth of government and you're so happy to place 100% of the blame on Obama and liberals, perhaps you'd care to tell us just WHEN we've had a conservative government that REDUCED the size of government?
Not trying to argue, just establishing the following:
1) Obama is president
2) we've fallen, again, in the index
3) Obama is doing nothing about it.
Nice deflection, we've been on this run for many years on both sides of the aisle.
Of course you're trying to argue with your in before the liberals blame Bush crap.
Guess what? Since your own cited article clearly states a decline for four years in a row just why shouldn't Bush share the blame?
It's very encouraging that you've gone from Staunch Obama Cheerleader to acknowledging that he's no different than GWB. Like they say in Alchoholics Anonymous, the first step is to admit you have a problem.
Nice deflection, we've been on this run for many years on both sides of the aisle.
Of course you're trying to argue with your in before the liberals blame Bush crap.
Guess what? Since your own cited article clearly states a decline for four years in a row just why shouldn't Bush share the blame?
What am I deflecting? Bush shouldn't be blamed because he wasn't president when the most recent polling was done. Also, does blaming Bush fix the problem?
WOW! Obama must be quite talented to have caused this decline four years in a row when he's only been POTUS for three, eh?
Typical self-Righteous BS.
Since the article clearly associates the decline with growth of government and you're so happy to place 100% of the blame on Obama and liberals, perhaps you'd care to tell us just WHEN we've had a conservative government that REDUCED the size of government?
What exactly does economic freedom mean anyway? I notice that some countries leading other rankings (quality of life etc.) are missing from the top 10, so economic freedom can't mean all that much.
What exactly does economic freedom mean anyway? I notice that some countries leading other rankings (quality of life etc.) are missing from the top 10, so economic freedom can't mean all that much.
Or, perhaps "quality of life" can't mean all that much!!
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