18 Jul 2014 7:20 pm
That is not the list that Heritage put on their site. Their list is only the freeist - it does not mention "least Socialist" that one is all you.RichClem » 18 Jul 2014 8:07 am » wrote: Ignoring the actual definition of Socialism; which is either government ownership or effective control by government of the private sector.
That's roughly the opposite of Heritage's ranking.
The psycho also ignores the significant if not massive changes in these countries. Canada, for example, slashed government spending by half relative to GDP and has stated its intent to reform their health care system by Free Market Principles.
Sweden faced economic collapse from the weight of its welfare state roughly 20 years ago and has moved strongly toward Free Market reform ever since.
To cite just two examples.
Are they totally reformed? No, of course not, but ranking high on Heritage's index puts them near the top of the freest, least Socialist countries on Earth.
The ranking is relative, moonbat.
Since when is "proper regulation" thousands of pages if not tens of thousands of pages that micro manage a corporation's behavior, as Obamacare and Dodd-Frank do?
And you keep mentioning this snipe "Free Market" can you provide a single example of an actual free market?
Also - just because these nations used what you call a "free market reform" does not change the fact that they still have socialized medicine, retirement and secondary education. Those are not the things that they culled from the budget to make it work.
You are bleating about the wrong thing,