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"Yeah"
- Free to me (let someone else pay the bill)
- Free of having to pay taxes
- Free of risk and obligation
- Free of the "3-Rs"
(Regulations, Requirements, and Restrictions)
- Free to dominate
- Free to exploit
- Free to con
- Free to rip off
- Free to ....
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Free Enterprise means "redistribution of wealth."
- From the customer to the seller
- From the consumer to the corporate enterprise
- From the subordinate to the boss
- From the employee to the employer
- From the individuals to the organizations
- From the poor to the rich
- From the weak to the strong
- From the disadvantaged to the advantaged
- From the havenots to the haves
- From the honest to the dishonest
- From the meek to the bully
- From the ....
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Surely we jest
(or do we!)
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What does it really mean to be "free"
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As People
- Make our own decisions
- Be accountable for those decisions
- Benefit from good decisions and hard work.
- Expect consequences for poor decisions (or poor work).
- Decide what our labor should be worth and charge accordingly.
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In our Enterprises
- Make our own decisions
- Be accountable for those decisions
- Expect consequences for poor decisions
- Decide the prices we will charge
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What it does not mean
Free Enterprise does not mean redistribution of wealth.
- In fact, in an ideal free enterprise there should be no significant change in the distribution of wealth.
- Each participant should receive comparable value in the business exchange.
- One party might receive more "money" (per se.), but the other party would end up having received increased goods or services.
Do we really have Free Enterprise in America?
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As People
it does not mean
- Our rights superseded those of others.
- We get to bully other people
- We can do things that destroy the rights of others.
- We can disregard public safety
- We can disregard the safety of people around us.
- We can do anything we want with our property.
- We can do anything that will make us more money.
- We can ....
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In our Enterprises
it does not mean
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