Ohio Ranks 38th in Freedom Index
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Congratulations, Ohio! We were just ranked a distressing 38th in a nationwide index of personal and economic freedom.
The study, which was released by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, includes data on fiscal, regulatory, economic, and personal freedoms.
If coming in 38th out of 50 states is not scary enough, consider that eight of the 12 states behind us are in the admittedly-liberal Northeast (Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York) and another two are on the Left Coast (Washington and California). Hawaii and Illinois round out the dirty dozen.
My advice to Ohio policymakers is to spend a little quality time with this report in the coming days. Remember that you are partially responsible for Ohio ranking so poorly in this study. But take heart: you are also in a position to change the policies that are limiting our freedoms.
