People here are fond of yelling "get a job." Well, here is a job that people can get without having to have wheels to escape the job-barren inner city. Now you want to regulate and tax them to keep them from making a buck. Nice.
dear hinky bird,
it is a ‘captive market’, made up of a small percentage of Americans, and fewer still rastafarians (it’s their religion, doncha know).
Any tonsorial enterprise, in any town or city, of any shade of the rainbow, has had to pay for some kind of permit, license, tax plate, you name it.
Hair braiding, with all the varieties of materials used that I’ve seen used ever since a black band in braids, showed up on Don Kirschner’s Midnight Special tv show, in the late 70’s, sure ain’t on the same level as your shadetree mechanic. Yet i’ve seen some wierd things woven into that mess, and believe that it is a skill that needs to be licensing, for the safety of the weaver. Otherwise, how many Judge Judy shows have we supplied for future viewing?