In article , "David1950" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , "DGDevin"
wrote:


"Doug Miller" wrote in message ...


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.

Where is it written that that the only public harm worth protecting
against
is death or injury?

Real estate brokers or accountants or lawyers can cost you huge sums of
money if they screw up despite you having suffered no physical injury, is
that a convincing argument that they shouldn't need extensive training
and
certification?

No, it's not. If a real estate broker or accountant or lawyer screws up
and
costs you a lot of money, you sue him and recover your money. If a doctor
screws up and ruins your health, you can't sue him and recover your
health.


What happens when an unlicensed contractor (who thus has no insurance)
makes
a mess of your house, takes out a load-bearing wall and drops an upstairs
bedroom into the kitchen? Who do you sue, some hack who moved two states
over before your lawyer could file the papers and is now installing lawn
sprinkler systems under another name? You didn't suffer any broken
bones,
does that mean you didn't lose anything?

You didn't lose anything that can't be replaced. That's the crucial
difference
that you seem determined to fail to understand.

Insurance companies like licensing
for a reason, it reduces the number of checks they have to write by
helping
to keep incompetent hacks out of the business.

So let the insurance companies deal with it. Keep the government out of
it.



LMAO!!!!! Being licensed requires insurance. _Only_ government can require
being licensed, not insurance companies.

Like DGDevin, you seem determined to miss the point.