Fallin, Shannon Pleased with State’s Freedom Score
Unity in Diversity? Maybe not: Some love, and some hate, Oklahoma’s high rank in freedom index
By Patrick B. McGuigan | CapitolBeatOK
OKLAHOMA CITY – Speaker of the House T.W. Shannon said a new report pegging Oklahoma as the fifth freest state in the nation was “exciting news.”
A spokesman for Gov. Mary Fallin commented the analysis from George Mason University’s Mercatus Center was “no surprise.” However, a former Democratic legislator who now runs the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said progress on economic freedom could not offset the state’s “shortcomings in personal freedoms.”
In other words, the report “Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom: 2013 edition” was a conversation starter at and around the Oklahoma state Capitol on March 28, the date of its nationwide release.
In an interview at his Capitol office, Speaker Shannon said, “I think it is exciting news. It’s an affirmation of the direction we’ve taken since Republicans gained control of the state House of Representatives in 2004. This is affirmation of the pro-growth and liberty policies that have been put in place since then.
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