What is FREE ENTERPRISE?
Enterprise covers the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services.  FREE ENTERPRISE means that people are free to produce or not produce any product or service, and are free to distribute such products to wherever is suitable for exchange or consumption, and are free to exchange or not exchange such products or services for money or for other products or services for whatever price agreed upon or other such arrangements agreed to by all parties involved, and that the consumers of such products and services are free to consume or not consume products produced by themselves or obtained through exchange agreements, as they wish, all so long as the Rights of others are not infringed.  In the case of such infringement, the damaged party or parties have the Right to seek remedy through the appropriate government authorities and to receive compensation in proportion to the damages incurred.

The proper role of state government in terms of FREE ENTERPRISE is to NULLIFY any and all federal legislative, executive, and judicial enterprise related measures for which authority is not explicitly delegated to the federal government by the US Constitution.  In addition to this, the State of Georgia should promote but not provide free enterprise products or services within Georgia.  The role of the State of Georgia in terms of Free Enterprise is to prevent infringements of the Rights of citizens and visitors of Georgia when possible and Georgia should remedy such infringements based on the law.

In addition to the above Rights, buyers and consumers have the Right to be properly informed as to the known benefits and risks of using or consuming products and services offered by producers and suppliers.  With such proper disclosure, producers and suppliers should not be held liable for damages incurred by users or consumers based on choices made by such users or consumers with informed consent.  On the other hand, where producers and suppliers fail to provide honest disclosure of known risk information or who fail to disclose the facts in the case where such risks are not known, then they can and should be held accountable for any harm caused to buyers and consumers as a result.

For example, if a person purchases and consumes a product clearly labeled as not for consumption, with the risks of such consumption provided, that consumer cannot hold the producer or supplier liable for their own decision to consume such a product when they have been properly informed.  On the other hand, if a producer or supplier fails to provide such information or provides false information and a consumer is harmed as a result of using or consuming the given product or service, then the producer or supplier can be held liable for actual damages, just as an individual is free to speak or write information as they wish, but they can be held liable for harm caused when they have been shown to have spoken or written false information upon which others have taken action and been harmed as a result, such as a yelling "fire" in a crowded building when there is no fire and as a result someone then gets trampled.

With all this in mind, there are many legislative areas relating to FREE ENTERPRISE which should be reviewed to identify the need for new legislation in cases where the current law is inadequate to secure the Right of Free Enterprise for all in Georgia.
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