Free Market

The following Principles are essential to the viability and functionality of the free market.
1. There must be minimal government intervention in the marketplace of goods and services
2. Government officials, whether elected or appointed, must demonstrate frugality with economic resources.
3. Support and protection of private property rights and contractual agreements is requisite to all market transactions.
4. Tax policies must be non-punitive, while facilitating and promoting private sector growth.
5. Enacted legislation and administrative public policies must enable private entrepreneurship and private oversight whenever feasible.
6. There is no shared responsibility for private sector gain or loss, regardless of monetary value or scope.
7. Public policies must enable equal opportunities, but not guarantee equivalent results or outcomes.
8. Domestic and International trade must be uninhibited by economic barriers.
9. All government actions must recognize and affirm the rights delegated to states through the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.