The Liberal’s Biggest Blind Spot: Who Really Rakes In Their Government Largesse?

Terry Miller /

In recent days, some blogging friends from the left have commented on the U.S. dropping from “free” to “mostly free” in the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, the Heritage Foundation’s data driven policy guide.

The Huffington Post picks up on the long-term erosion of economic freedom in which both political parties have been complicit:

Though the analysis of American freedom acknowledges a longer-term trend stretching back to the end of the Bush administration, [the Index] seems to put the lion’s share of blame on the policy initiatives of President Obama

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