Politico just ran an article arguing that there's a desperate need to reduce regulations that are holding our economy back now. Their focus was on the number of jobs that now require an occupational license. Most of the impact is at the state level. In some states, there are over seventy professions that require an occupational license, including working as an interior decorator or even a delivery man. And that doesn't include a lot of other jobs that require some sort
of licensing by local governments. Okay, it might not sound like a big deal. Just get a license, right, But it's not that easy. Let's say you want to cut hair become a barber. On average, in order to get the government's permission, a person has to spend over a year in training and then pay a hundred thirty dollars in fees. In Nevada, the education and training period to cut hair is two and a half years. In one state, Alabama, it's hassle free, no license needed. You want to cut hair,
set up shop, grabs scissors, and have at it. To become an interior designer in Nevada, Louisiana, Florida, and d C you better be prepared to spend six years of your life in training and fork over four hundred smackers before you can tell somebody how to rearrange furniture. Those examples are just the tip of the iceberg. Folks, government regulators are just out of control. Big government regulations the killing opportunities, killing jobs, strangling the economy, and electing Democrats.