Posted on 10/27/2013 10:33:17 AM PDT by ThethoughtsofGreg
A West Virginia nail artist must rethink her dream of starting her own business because of onerous licensing requirements and regulations imposed by her state. After spending $3,000 on a nail tech program that taught her skills she didn’t need, the young would-be entrepreneur is still discovering legal impediments that only serve to protect the jobs of other manicurists and do nothing to ensure the health and safety of her potential clients. On average, a manicurist must pass just as many exams as an emergency medical technician and receive more than twice the number of days of training to legally beautify fingertips in states across the county.
A recent study by the Institute for Justice looks at the state licensing requirements for 102 lower-income jobs. The study found that the job aspirants of these professions postponed work for an average of nine months to receive training. They also had to pay an average of $209 and pass one exam. While the alleged purpose of occupational licensing – to ensure the quality and safety of services offered to consumers – appears noble, this government intrusion really serves to create barriers to entry for certain occupations.
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Some of the best things being done in Michigan are the repeals of huge numbers of licensing laws. Just the other day a law requiring “City Planners” to be licensed was repealed.
A useless license for a useless job that could better be handled by the lowly unlicensed people themselves.
include attorney licenses in this mess
it limits attorneys to the state(s) they hold licenses in
it should be subject to a uniform license agreement like with drivers licenses — if you hold a license in one state you can practice in any of the United States
it is protectionism just like the little nail salon girl is discovering
it is bullshit
How dare ye do business without the seal of the king!
Hair dressers need a license, but dozens if not hundreds of unlicensed engineers can work under a single PE, and even that’s not required in industry.
I applied to be on a city commission for roads and development. I argued, and eventually got on, that as an engineer and facilities designer, I better understood traffic and layout than people whose qualifications were “previously in city planning department” and “former city council member”.
I was often the only NO vote on their budget, mostly for wanting to go into debt for beautification and unnecessary projects with matching federal funds, when we had highway access roads that needed to be fixed.
“Journolists” are seeking to see their profession become a “closed shop”. Criticism of this presdiente will NOT be tolerated.
“No barber is illegal!”
If immigrants can scofflaw such paperwork, then why should US citizens be denied a right to work?
Time was you couldn’t get into the guild unless your father had been in the guild.
America wasn’t a land of guilds and royal families.
I think it was Adam Smith who observed that any time practitioners of the same trade get together, it’s for the purpose of restricting competition and raising prices to the consumer.
The end goal is to have everyone working for the government (see communism). This kind of thing is because they can’t get their way just yet.
In Texas and some other states you are now required to submit your fingerprints to gain/retain licenses in architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, etc.
We are all guilty until proven innocent it seems.
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