Free enterprise means the freedom for anyone to go into any business that they please. This story from Arkansas is a clear example of unfree enterprise (otherwise known as regulation). There is no reason to license interior decorators, unless you happen to be an interior decorator. Then the licensing serves to keep competitors out of the marketplace, allowing higher prices.
Free enterprise also means no government price fixing. We abolished price fixing in railroads, trucking, airlines and retail. Those actions reduced prices to the consumers.
Republicans are looking to define their political creed. We could start by saying we favor free enterprise.
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