Speaker 1: Politico just ran an article arguing that there's a desperate
Speaker 1: need to reduce regulations that are holding our economy back now.
Speaker 1: Their focus was on the number of jobs that now
Speaker 1: require an occupational license. Most of the impact is at
Speaker 1: the state level. In some states, there are over seventy
Speaker 1: professions that require an occupational license, including working as an
Speaker 1: interior decorator or even a delivery man. And that doesn't
Speaker 1: include a lot of other jobs that require some sort
Speaker 1: of licensing by local governments. Okay, it might not sound
Speaker 1: like a big deal. Just get a license, right, But
Speaker 1: it's not that easy. Let's say you want to cut
Speaker 1: hair become a barber. On average, in order to get
Speaker 1: the government's permission, a person has to spend over a
Speaker 1: year in training and then pay a hundred thirty dollars
Speaker 1: in fees. In Nevada, the education and training period to
Speaker 1: cut hair is two and a half years. In one state, Alabama,
Speaker 1: it's hassle free, no license needed. You want to cut hair,
Speaker 1: set up shop, grabs scissors, and have at it. To
Speaker 1: become an interior designer in Nevada, Louisiana, Florida, and d
Speaker 1: C you better be prepared to spend six years of
Speaker 1: your life in training and fork over four hundred smackers
Speaker 1: before you can tell somebody how to rearrange furniture. Those
Speaker 1: examples are just the tip of the iceberg. Folks, government
Speaker 1: regulators are just out of control. Big government regulations the
Speaker 1: killing opportunities, killing jobs, strangling the economy, and electing Democrats.