The power of the free market to create wealth seems to be rivaled only by the power of government regulation to stifle it.
In the words of President Ronald Reagan, “Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefiting from their success – only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, prosperous, progressive, and free.”
The role of the government is to ensure that the free market is operating successfully and to offer limited public goods that enable the free market to be efficient such as roads, bridges, a social safety net that offers a hand up and not a handout, and protection against the infringement of our rights.
To become a more free state, Alabama should: