Occupational licensing schemes today are estimated to be keeping millions of jobs out of the market.
If you want to offer tours of your city to others who might be interested, or do someone's makeup, organize their flowers, braid their hair, give them a hair cut, or make them a drink, it's going to first require third-party permission from the state.
Occupational licensing schemes have failed however, to promote superior service today in the market.
These legal challenges have sought to have lawmakers reduce their occupational licensing requirements in an effort to try and promote more freedom.
These various licensing restrictions that are in place are working to keep prices high but they're reducing competition and contributing to keeping the quality low. It might sound a tad bit radical, but imagine if people were able to engage in an exchange voluntarily and they didn't need to seek the permission of any other party before they made the choice to do so.
Occupational licensing makes it harder for people to find work and to build a business that they might be passionate about. And it most often impacts those who are less fortunate in society.
These government permission slips are standing in the way of people trying to make peaceful exchanges and the restrictions are often irrational; working better to support special interests than promote any sort of public health or safety.
Victory In NJ
In NJ, it's estimated that roughly 1 in 3 workers first require that government permission slip before they can serve others; do their job. And NJ has been labeled as one of the worst states for licensing restrictions in the entire country.
However, a little over a month ago, before Gov. Chris Christie left office, he had successfully managed to veto 3 different bills that would have eventually gone on to create at least 7 new occupational licenses.
If these bills on occupational licensing would have been passed however, then licenses would have come about for a variety of new services including things like music therapy, drama therapy, dance and movement therapy, and more.
One of the rejected bills would also have established a licensing scheme for anyone who was interested in building, installing, repairing, or maintaining, any sort of spa or pool equipment.
There are dozens of other bills, for different areas around the US--Florida, Arizona, and elsewhere--that are likewise looking to cut back on the occupational licensing; a scheme that severely restricts economic mobility and personal liberty. And multiple lawsuits related to this issue are currently underway for states like Georgia, Nevada, Texas, Louisiana, and other regions.
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Sources:
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2018/03/06/in-welcome-win-against-overregulation-7-new-licenses-killed-in-new-jersey/&refURL=&referrer=
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http://ij.org/report/license-to-work/ltw-state-data/?state=nj
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https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2018/01/09/ruling-on-occupational-licensing-boards-could-open-floodgates-to-lawsuits/
http://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/367444-occupational-licensing-locks-too-many-americans-out-of-the-job
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