Re: State and local occupational licensing laws (was: GUILTY. All 34 counts.)

In article <v3qceb$131e4$1@dont-email.me>,
 "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

Wed, 5 Jun 2024 07:24:22 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>
wrote:

 

shawn, look for a fabulous series of videos on YouTube by the
Lockpicking Lawyer. You'll change your mind.

 

I don't get what you mean. I know of those videos and it shows why
some people are so afraid of anyone having such tools on their person
is a risk. Of course he also manages to pick many locks with much more
common items like paperclips but his skill is something that takes
dedication and time that most criminals don't seem willing to dedicate
to their craft. Which is why they end up being caught.

 

Mere possession of lockpicks without being a licensed locksmith

 

Do you have to be licensed to be a locksmith, too? Is there no
profession that the government doesn't believe you have to ask its
permission before you can perform your job?

 

You know the gag. A thief or burglar serving a sentence in prison learns
that if he takes courses or trains for a trade or profession, it counts
as "good behavior", reducing prison time. So he takes a locksmithing
course by correspondence...

 

How can that possibly go wrong?

 

According to this Web page, 13 states require a trade license under
state law. In other states, trade licenses are issued under local
ordinance.

 

https://www.locksmithkeyless.com/blogs/news/a-comprehensive-guide-to-locksmit
h-licenses

 
Hey! Look what I found!
 
https://occupationallicensing.com/occupation/locksmith/
 
This Web site discusses the burden of occupational licensing. It's a
study by Institute for Justice!

In Texas, they used to force black women who made money providing
hair-braiding services to their friends and neighbors to have a
cosmetology license just to tie hair in little knots. For the "safety"
of the community, of course. It had nothing to do with that fact that
the license is expensive and puts money in the state's coffers. And to
get the cosmetology license, not only does one have to pay the huge fee
to the state, one has to take (and pay for) hundreds of hours of
'training' that has no bearing on twisting hair into braids.

You used to have to go to 2000 hours of training and obtain a college
degree just braid someone's hair. There's not even any "potentially
dangerous equipment" like blow-dryers <snort> involved in hair-braiding
and the worst that can happen if you fuck up someone's braids is they
can undo them and have it redone by someone else. Yet the state wanted
to make people spend thousands of dollars to be 'licensed' to do it.
Thankfully that was repealed.

A wannabe librarian needs a master's degree just to get an entry-level
job filing books.

It's a massive scam. It's becoming almost impossible to do *any* job
without someone telling you that you have to pay a tithe-- either to a
college, a trade school, a union, or the state-- to do it. And all of it
to use the power of the state to limit competition and keep prices
artificially high.