Feb 3, 2010

US low scoring on 2010 Quality of Life Index

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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:
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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