Saturday, May 05, 2012
Government at Work - Licensing Barbers in Michigan
I believe that in most cases, licensing has everything to do with getting revenue, and much less to do with public health or safety.
Granted, there are exceptions...
Granted, there are exceptions...
Tom Gantert recently posted this at MichiganCapitolConfidential.com:
"Lee McGrath says a lawyer must spend 1,200 hours in the classroom to be eligible to become an attorney in Michigan. Yet, to be a barber in Michigan, someone must spend 2,000 hours in training.McGrath, the legislative counsel at The Institute for Justice, used that example to highlight how licensing laws in the state are job killers and increase costs to consumers."
