You need license for this
In December 1987 I was a young officer in a battalion that was called to participate in putting down what was later known as the Palestinian uprising. One of the forms of the uprising was the attempt to make the Israeli authority irrelevant by not relaying on it and not use its services. One of the counter method the geniuses in the Civil Authorities ( A euphemism for the occupation administration) enforce licensing on almost everything, including horse’s carts and donkeys. It was pretty useful method to force the people to engage with the authorities, although it didn’t help in reducing the hate for them.
Reading the survey of Reason Foundation on the occupational licensing in the different states in the US raise the feeling that this is also a method of exercising power for sake of power, to force people to depend on the government for no good reason. One doesn’t have to be as extremist as me, arguing that the only license one needs is the willingness of people to use one’s services, to be bother with the extent of occupations that require licensing:
Do you want to be a fortune teller in Maryland? Your future better include a license from the state. How about being a hair braider in Mississippi? You’ll need 300 to 1,500 hours of training and government permission. Want to sell flowers in Louisiana? Only licensed florists can do that. And almost every state requires certification if you want to move furniture and hang art while calling yourself an interior designer.
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