In article , "DGDevin" wrote:


"HeyBub" wrote in message
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... get rid of occupational licensure, says the Wall Street Journal.

"Travel and tourist guides, funeral attendants, home-entertainment
installers, florists, makeup artists, even interpreters for the deaf are
all regulated by various states. Want to work as an alarm installer? In 35
states, you will need to earn the government's permission. Are you skilled
in handling animals? You will need more than that skill in the 20 states
that require a license for animal training."


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...925941712.html
?mod=googlenews_wsj

Why stop there? Doctors, pilots, bus drivers, demolition contractors,
electricians--open up all lines of work to anybody who wants to give it a
try. If they're not so good at it, well that will come out over time as
their employees and clients fill hospital beds and graves.

Why stop there? Because incompetent travel and tourist guides,
incompetent funeral attendants, incompetent home-entertainment installers,
incompetent florists, incompetent makeup artists, incompetent interpreters for
the deaf, and incompetent animal trainers don't pose a clear danger to public
health or safety. Incompetent doctors, incompetent pilots, incompetent bus
drivers, incompetent demolition contractors, and incompetent electricians do.

In most cases, licensing laws such as those HeyBub referred to are enacted at
the behest of, and for the protection of, those *already* engaged in those
trades, who seek to reduce competition.

There simply is no case to be made for government licensing of any trade or
profession in which incompetent performance poses no threat to life, health,
or safety. Why on earth should a license be required in order to work as a
makeup artist? Go on, let's see you make the case for that one.