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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: State and local occupational licensing laws
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 21:34:36 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>"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:

>>>>>>>>. . . 

>>>>>>>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-locksmith-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.

>>Waitaminit: Texas got rid of an occupational license? Cool. My state
>>still has that license. And it's a separate license from barber!

>They were forced to under threat of racism.

Oh, that's even better. A proper use of a de facto segregation/disperate
outcome argument that truly led to greater liberty... There's an
exception to every rule!

>>>. . .