"The state’s love of control is most succinctly demonstrated by its desire to oversee and control professional development through occupational licensing.
Hardly a week goes by without a new story showing local governments operating more like cartels, protecting established sectors from unwanted competition.
The most recent target of state protectionism comes from Tennessee, where local licensing boards are threatening two entrepreneurial women for massaging performance horses, without first obtaining a veterinary license legally allowing them to do so."
https://fee.org/articles/this-state-thinks-you-should-go-to-jail-for-massaging-a-horse-without-a-license/
Hardly a week goes by without a new story showing local governments operating more like cartels, protecting established sectors from unwanted competition.
The most recent target of state protectionism comes from Tennessee, where local licensing boards are threatening two entrepreneurial women for massaging performance horses, without first obtaining a veterinary license legally allowing them to do so."
https://fee.org/articles/this-state-thinks-you-should-go-to-jail-for-massaging-a-horse-without-a-license/