tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4488408683793984380..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Some Economically Free States Remain - The Question is Which Ones?SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-73205970017468857202013-12-16T12:30:28.933-05:002013-12-16T12:30:28.933-05:00Vermont rated "less free" than New York?...Vermont rated "less free" than New York? Massachusetts "more free" than both of them?<br />Nice try, now pull the other one.<br />Cordolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04944796567238311642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-47670730436706998962013-12-16T10:56:53.850-05:002013-12-16T10:56:53.850-05:00Depends on your meaning of 'free'...
gfaDepends on your meaning of 'free'...<br /><br />gfaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-34865370967218969942013-12-16T03:08:15.349-05:002013-12-16T03:08:15.349-05:00I did note that all of the states with bad ratings...I did note that all of the states with bad ratings had the least gun control laws.---RayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-76955547936129075662013-12-15T22:48:54.284-05:002013-12-15T22:48:54.284-05:00I suspect that their model delivers scores that re...I suspect that their model delivers scores that reflect what their paying clients care about. I would guess that includes things like regulatory certainty (as opposed to absence of regs), taxes that can be gamed by a big corp rather than low taxes, and so on.<br /><br />Alaska scores poorly, but not near the bottom ... probably a fair rating.<br /><br />I can tell you that bureaucrats and legislators read those Frazier rankings.<br /><br /><br />Ominous Cowherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802991559947782419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-10196381440183015902013-12-15T22:22:09.785-05:002013-12-15T22:22:09.785-05:00They are pretty clearly blindly following their mo...They are pretty clearly blindly following their model. California outranking half the country is proof of that. Delaware ranking so highly implies to me that they are weighing freedom for corporations more than freedom for people - Delaware is known for easy corporate regulations, which is why it's home on paper to so many corporations. A lot of my credit card junk mail comes from Wilmington.Xenoclesnoreply@blogger.com