What may provide another bit of proof to us, as if we really needed any, that Barry has been far more successful, than many of us would like to admit, in carrying out what he referred to as a much needed "fundamental transformation" of this country, is the fact that Americans now believe they are less free now than they were when Barry "Almighty" first took office. That according to a new study, that has their rating of personal freedom ranking below citizens of 20 other countries.
According to research by the Legatum Institute in London, which looked at prosperity in every nation in the world, citizens in countries including France, Uruguay, and Costa Rica now rate their personal freedom higher than we here in America do. Specifically, since 2009, there has been a 17 percent decline in the score given by Americans to personal freedom, dropping the country's ranking on the notion to 21st place from ninth place. So here we have another nasty side effect of Barry’s presidency.
The U.S. also recorded a 22 percent drop in the combined civil liberty and free choice element of the index. And it was in a recent interview with a major newspaper that Legatum Institute spokeswoman Cristina Odone said, "This is not a good report for Obama." But let’s be real, shall we, just how many really think that Barry "Almighty" will lose all that much sleep over any of this. After all, hasn’t this essentially been his objective since day one of his becoming presidency?
The organization's Prosperity Index aims to measure a range of subjective prosperity indicators that gross domestic product measurements do not include, such as entrepreneurship, opportunity, education and social capital. The freedom scores were derived from 2013 polling data that surveyed citizens' satisfaction with their nation's handling of civil liberties, freedom of choice, tolerance of ethnic minorities, and tolerance of immigrants.
The study is also distinct from others in that it measures people's perceptions, instead of tracking government policies, to arrive at freedom scores, which most likely provides are far more accurate picture. Definitions of personal freedom, however, vary between countries, making it difficult to quantify direct comparisons. But having said that, Americans felt less free in 2013 after four more years of Barry's reign. And Barry will be forever known as the president who made Americans feel less free than the French.
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