neil: tania davis, the soon-to-be former taco bell employee. a young woman who wants to work who is willing to work so hard. do we want to push people away like her? we want to push them on government assistance? she is obviously willing to work her tail off. neil: okay, things are very bad when this country is dwarfing america in economic freedom neil: when crocodile dundee is schooling uncle sam, that is a crime. australia is one of nine countries ranked ahead of us in economic freedom. denmark and new zealand and even the tiny indian ocean nation is ahead of the united states. the index measures things like regulations in markets and the size of the government. all of that. we came in 10th. now, temp wasn't really bad for miss alabama. there were nine women prettier than her in the miss usa pageant. i don't know how that happened, but that is not good for america. it's good to see you, bob. happy new year. what do you think? >> when you think about the economic and political realities of the united states, it's probably not a surprise. regul