According to the 2010 Quality of Life Index published by InternationalLiving.com the U.S. is less free than Lithuania, Hungary, Malta and 42 other countries. "You can blame much of it on the Patriot Act," says Dan Prescher, Special Projects Editor at International Living... since the passage of the Patriot Act, many Americans have the feeling that their basic rights and freedoms, especially the right to privacy and the freedom from unwarranted searches and seizures, have been drastically reduced."... there is a sense that the Act gives the government wide powers to limit personal freedoms in the name of fighting terror. Source: InternationalLiving.com
No worries here folks - this is fixable... we are still on the top, just going through a 'protectionism phase' after 911
Final scores ranked here:
Country | Cost of Living | Leisure & Culture | Economy | Environment | Freedom | Health | Infrastructure | Risk & Safety | Climate | Final Score |
France | 55 | 81 | 69 | 72 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 87 | 82 |
Australia | 56 | 82 | 71 | 76 | 100 | 87 | 92 | 100 | 87 | 81 |
Switzerland | 41 | 86 | 79 | 78 | 100 | 95 | 96 | 100 | 77 | 81 |
Germany | 54 | 82 | 71 | 83 | 100 | 89 | 90 | 100 | 79 | 81 |
New Zealand | 62 | 82 | 65 | 77 | 100 | 88 | 70 | 100 | 84 | 79 |
Luxembourg | 44 | 76 | 85 | 77 | 100 | 87 | 66 | 100 | 83 | 78 |
United States | 56 | 79 | 67 | 62 | 92 | 78 | 100 | 100 | 84 | 78 |