Heritage Foundation Study: Canada Is Freedomier Than the United States

letterstomycountry:

ilyagerner:

The interesting thing, besides the discovery that Heritage analysts are actually Canadian infiltrators (admitting that other people are better than you was the giveaway), is that many policy interventions that are controversial in the United States come standard in the high-ranking countries.

Hong Kong’s public healthcare system is still modeled on the Beveridge Plan that created the British NHS. Canada is well regarded for its single-payer insurance scheme known as Death to Grandma Medicare. Switzerland joined the universal healthcare club in 1994. The Danes contribute 49% of the nation’s GDP to taxes. Every country in the top 10 has a higher union density than does the United States.

It’s almost as if systems of subsidized heath-care, egalitarian tax and spending schemes and pro-labor policy can be a part of “freedom.” 

LTMC: It’s almost as if civil liberties and universal healthcare are not only compatible, but one tends to follow the other.

Hmmm…