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25A013 The Obscenity of Licensure by Jim Davies, 4/1/2025
One of the most repugnant aspects of life in this Governed Era is that in order to earn a living in any of a large number of occupations, a license - permission - is required. Never mind that customers form their own judgments and return for more only if satisfied on the first encounter; that matters nothing to the parasites of government. For example here is a partial list of business types that are required first to obtain a government license in New Hampshire - whose motto is "Live Free or Die":- Accountants, Acupuncture, Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals, Allied Health, Architects, Barber, Body Art, Bodyworker, Chiropractors, Cosmetology, Court Reporters, Dental, Dietitians, Electricians, Electrology, Engineers, Esthetician, Family Mediators, Foresters, Funeral Board, Geologists, Guardian ad Litem, Hearing Care Providers, Home Inspectors, Land Surveyors, Landscape Architect, Liquor, Manicurist, Manufactured Housing Installer, Massage Therapy, Master Barber, Mechanical, Medical Imaging & Radiation Therapy, Medical Technicians, Mental Health Practice, Midwifery, Natural Scientists, Naturopathic Examiners, Nursing, Nursing Assistant, Nursing Home Administrators, Ophthalmic Dispensing, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Podiatry, Psychologists, Real Estate, Real Estate Appraisers, Septic System Evaluators, and Veterinarians. In some of these cases a buyer might wish to check that the vendor has a sound reputation for good work. There are plenty of ways to do that check, without any government participation. After all government has evaporated, there may well emerge more, so that careful customers can make even better informed choices. In a free market, whenever a demand exists, someone will arise to meet it. Millions of small businesses are hampered by these fatuous licensure laws, and one example will show that they cause not just massive waste of resources but sometimes tragedy. It's that of a family business trading as "Goldfinger Bullion." James and Pamela Fayed began trading gold coins in the early 2000s in Camarillo, CA. They bought and sold them with a margin of only 2%; that is, they would sell for spot price plus 2% and buy them for spot minus 2%. That's a competitive rate, and they did well - especially as the dollar:gold rate of exchange kept on rising. But they didn't bother applying for a Federal "Money Transfer" license. Why would they? - it conferred no benefit, on either them or their customers. James happened to get ill and became somewhat addicted to pain medications, which caused him to become irritable and stubborn, burdening Pamela with extra work as well as caring for their two young daughters. Then the Federal Mafia intervened by sniffing around for that unwanted Money Transfer License. At that point the couple fell out: James refused to apply for one while Pamela favored doing what the Mafia's laws demanded so as to avoid further nuisance. The quarrel grew intense, and they filed for divorce. So the first result of this licensure law was to break up a family. It got much worse. James Fayed, his judgment impaired, decided to "solve" the mounting conflict by killing his wife. He hired three hit men to stab Pamela to death in a car park in Center City in 2008. Of course he is the primary culprit; but the secondary one is the licensure law, without which such a drastic step would not even have been contemplated. Its second result, then, was to cause the violent death of a successful, hardworking wife and mother. Police detectives went to work, and gathered evidence against James and got him and his three hit men convicted, in 2011. He was sentenced to death, and they to life in prison. He is still behind bars while the long process of mandatory appeals grinds on, before he can be executed. Meanwhile the two Fayed daughters are growing up, deprived of both their parents. That is the third result of the Money Transfer Licensure Law. Are there many other cases as bad as the Fayed one? - I've no idea. But with long lists of occupations requiring licenses in each of the 50 States plus the Federal one, involving many millions of entrepreneurs, there must be some. Licenses bring zero benefit to anyone except government parasites who enjoy wielding power. When all have been scrapped, in the Zero Government Society, all the catalog of waste, from nuisance to tragedy, will form part of the history of the Governed Era. |
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They grant (or with-hold) a permit to operate, so as to know on whom to descend for periodic examinations at will, and charge a fee for their unwanted services.
