Another Lawsuit To Try and Reduce Occupational Licensing Restrictions
In Louisiana, a group of hair braiders are suing the state board over the unconstitutional licensing requirements in the state that prevent them from earning an honest living.
For anyone who wants to braid hair they need to obtain the necessary cosmetology license and if they don't then they could see fines of thousands of dollars. Some of those hair braiders in the state have already been fined, after they were caught braiding without the right permission.
For those who are in the business, they say that they cannot afford to close their business down and pursue the training that's needed to get the license. Several hair braiders are now suing the State Board of Cosmetology because they say that the irrational licensing scheme is in violation of the state constitution.
The state minimum requirement of 500 hours of training is difficult for those who are struggling to survive and take care of their families, they don't have the luxury of being able to close down and pursue special permission so that they can make an exchange with willing community members. These restrictions only work to fuel monopolies, reduce competition and quality, while keeping prices high.
At the moment, it's estimated that there are only 19 people in the state who have the right permission to braid hair.
If one individual wants to provide the services of hair cutting and another individual is willing to accept those services for some form of payment, it's unjust to initiate force against either of those individuals because some state permissions haven't been met.
Occupational licensing rules suppress innovation and human freedom, why does the state need to be involved in the exchange? For safety? It reads more like it's about control. Crippling people with thousands of dollars in fines for victimless crimes isn't for their well-being or that of anyone in the community.
Of the 13 cases so far that have been filed against these occupational licensing rules surrounding hair braiding, at least 12 of them have been successful in helping to put an end to those rules. Let's hope that this makes one more.
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It seems ridiculous that to make a race you must have a title and if you do not have it and you do something to earn a living, you will be penalized with such a sum of money. many times I do not understand them.
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Those rules are put in place because there have been people who have been hurt in the past.
Do you go to a doctor that didn't go to medical school and received proper training? Or a Dentist or Vet?
Those rules are in place for the safety of the general public.
when an organization restricts you from exercising your natural rights and then sells those rights back to you, that isn't for your safety. When those restrictions protect bad actors, fuel monopolies, keep prices high and quality low (as occupational licensing schemes have been found to do) that also doesn't promote any safety... anyone who purchases goods and services is understandably going to want quality and to know they are getting advice or a product/service that they can trust, but that doesn't mean that the current methods of coercion for "verification" are the only way👍 I would prefer a more peaceful and voluntary credential and/or review system, no coercion nec✌ occupational licensing rules as they stand today are not for your benefit and no they aren't about general safety either.
I would have to disagree with you.
Occupational licensing helps to insure that people who are in those businesses meet the competency or ethical standards for running their businesses.
Granted that occupational licensing doesn't stop certain bad actors. But it does help to minimize them.
after years of indoctrination camps, it isn't surprising when people make excuses for the boot on their throat 👍👍😄occupational licensing doesn't minimize anything but freedom and natural rights
By chance. Are you an Anarcho-Capitalist?
How dare people try to weave three sections of hair together without proper authorization from the government!
-- Kind of sounds insane to treat it as if it were a valid idea....
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The whole situation seems quite crazy. I did not know that occupational licensing was such a restriction to people earring an income.
sometimes licensing is really a solution. We have so many "black" masters who have low quality skills or just don't have them but they still work and earn money. And sometimes it's really dangerous for clients
shouldn't I have the freedom to choose who I allow to provide me such a service? Why should a 3rd party organization (GOV) be the one to decide who is fit for me? ...that doesn't sound like freedom.
The thing is they don't always tell they don't have education and a license, or they just bought it. Imagine a doctor who has bought his diploma. Danger for people. Hairdressers are not doctors but... Freedom should exist for sure, but there must be a way to test who have their working places. Don't you agree?
I think doctors are a terrible example ..in that they are actually a great example to show how the current system ISN'T working, it protects bad actors and greatly limits freedom for the benefit of few. Studies have shown that medical errors, mistakes made by doctors, are a leading cause of death... there are many doctors out there today who might have passed school decades ago and they haven't kept up with researching the most relevant information, they are no doubt giving out incredibly harmful advice to many people. So simply having the government implement some licensing requirement doesn't mean that bad people will be prevented from harming you.
This is an organization which violates your liberty every single day and doesn't even respect your most basic right to consent, but we are to believe they implement rules restricting our rights in the market for safety?......No.
I like to know that my doctor knows what they are doing, don't you? it's human nature... but we don't need gov/coercion involved in order to find a doctor in the market... we can choose for ourselves voluntarily and peacefully :)
That's why i don't trust doctors, they are just people, not gods, and they can be wrong. The example isn't the best I agree, a diploma of a doctor doesn't guarantee anything.
We must be free to choose which service to use, yes, and it's better if all people who provide any service, would be responsible for the their quality;)
there are people who have passed through and received their licenses from gov in a variety of industries and many have still harmed many clients, simply passing through those barriers to entry doesn't mean that you will never harm anyone.