{"id":7943,"date":"2013-03-31T14:30:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7943"},"modified":"2013-03-31T14:30:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T18:30:42","slug":"cause-and-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7943","title":{"rendered":"Cause and Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cause:<\/strong>\u00a0Cuomo Calls for State to Return to Progressive Ideals<\/a><\/p>\n

“…\u00a0\u201cWe are a community based on progressive principles,\u201d the governor<\/a>\u00a0said, in a speech to several hundred lawmakers and guests at an auditorium in the Capitol complex. \u00a0\u201cWe must remain that progressive capital of the nation.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Effect:<\/strong>\u00a0Survey: New York, California last in personal freedoms<\/a><\/p>\n

“New York and California have for generations of Americans been considered destination spots to express personal freedoms — one with a city big enough for anybody with a dream to perhaps become a star, and the other a state synonymous with the so-called laid-back lifestyle. \u00a0But such attitudes have drastically changed, according to a new study that finds the two states last in individual freedom. \u00a0The \u201cFreedom in the 50 States<\/a>\u201d study published last week by the libertarian-leaning Mercatus Center<\/a> ranks New York last and California second to last. \u00a0The survey is based on fiscal issues such as job prospects and tax rates, regulatory policies that include property rights and personal freedoms such as gun laws<\/strong> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n