Study Places Georgia Among Most Free States
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
Georgia ranks No. 5 in the nation and No. 2 in the Southeast in freedom, according to a new study by a free market think tank.
The North Carolina-based John Locke Foundation’s First in Freedom Index ranked states based on primarily on economic measures such as fiscal freedom and regulatory freedom but also on measures such as educational freedom and health care freedom.
Florida finished first in the nation in total freedom, followed by Arizona, Indiana, South Dakota and Georgia. The least free state is New York, followed by New Jersey, California, West Virginia and Kentucky.
