The Institute for Justice will fight another interesting case on business licensing, this time in Oregon, where an 80-year-old barber with 50 years experience has been told he needs to go back to school to qualify for his license. Just as in the case of Louisiana casket makers and tour guides in Philadelphia and Washington DC, licensing laws that threaten to kill a 50-year small business demonstrates the unholy alliance between Big Business and Big Government at the state level.
Coincidentally, Rasmussen will have a poll out later today showing that voters have connected the dots on this partnership. More than two-thirds of voters (68%) believe that Big Business and Big Government work together to stifle competition and carve out as much of the economy for each other as possible. The issue usually gets framed in terms of “corporate welfare” and tax breaks, but at the state level, licensing is a much more efficient way to handicap small players and start-ups from competing against well-capitalized larger ventures. More + video...
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Coincidentally, Rasmussen will have a poll out later today showing that voters have connected the dots on this partnership. More than two-thirds of voters (68%) believe that Big Business and Big Government work together to stifle competition and carve out as much of the economy for each other as possible. The issue usually gets framed in terms of “corporate welfare” and tax breaks, but at the state level, licensing is a much more efficient way to handicap small players and start-ups from competing against well-capitalized larger ventures. More + video...
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