Former Reason intern
Nick Sibilla has a great piece up
at Buzzfeed. It’s an annoying, GIF-filled tour on really stupid
and unnecessary licensing laws on jobs such as eyebrow threading,
guiding tours, floral arrangement, and tree trimming.
Do these occupations require training? Absolutely. But do they
require massive licensing systems that serve only to limit the
number of service providers to benefit existing businesses? No
way.
As Sibilla notes,
Today, one out of every three Americans needs a
license from the government before they can legally work. Back in
the 1950s, it was only one out of every 20 workers.
He also links to a pretty great video on the topic from the
Institute for Justice, the libertarian public-interest law firm
that fights dumb licensing laws wherever they find them (and where
Sibilla hangs his hat these days). Watch that now.
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