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davekriss

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15. That is an incredibly inaccurate statement

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 09:13 AM

Jun 2016

What do you base that on? Which economists? Which social commentators? The U.S. is far closer to a libertarian paradise than any of the countries above it on the list.

On edit: far closer to a libertarian paradise than *most* of the nations listed above us. Taiwan, Slovenia, and Estonia are lightly regulated, too.

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Best countries for Business - 2015 Forbes [View all] George Eliot Jun 2016 OP

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