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[Pertinacious Tom]

Well, according to Perspiration Tom, we should all be able to build whatever we want on our properties, and not pay taxes on that property..... Personally I think that's a grand idea!

That's what happens in practice and it usually makes sense to me. But not always.

For example, before getting a final inspection and approval on my boat shed, I had to have a pest company come out and pump the ground (and ground water) full of... something... to kill termites. It's a steel building on a concrete pad.

That's not really what I meant. I was just saying that sometimes the conditions on what we can build and how seem unreasonable to me.

Have you ever heard of termites that eat concrete? How about steel?

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

Tony's got a squeeze box

And the first amendment says he can play it for tips!

The case page isn't updated yet but a little blue birdy said that Mr. Barilla won on summary judgement.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

Wisconsin legalized cookies back in 2017 and now the spiral continues.

Victory for Wisconsin Home Bakers

Yesterday, Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Rhonda L. Lanford ruled that the government may not prevent people from selling homemade, shelf-stable foods directly to consumers. This ruling means that Wisconsinites may use their own home kitchens to support their families with sales of safe foods like fudges, doughnuts, and roasted coffee beans—that is, any food that does not need to be refrigerated for food safety purposes.


Wisconsin was one of very few states that had banned virtually all sales of homemade food, requiring that people instead pay to utilize an off-site commercial kitchen. In 2017, a legal challenge from a group of home bakers led a Wisconsin court to declare the ban on baked goods to be unconstitutional. But Wisconsin continued to ban the sale of other homemade shelf-stable foods, like chocolates, candies, dried goods, and roasted coffee beans. This lawsuit, launched in February 2021, sought to change that.


“We are thrilled with the court’s decision,” said Lisa Kivirist, a home baker and plaintiff in both the original and current lawsuits. “This win is going to be a game changer for so many in Wisconsin.”


Dela Ends, another plaintiff in the prior and current lawsuits, joined the cases so she can sell shelf-stable dried foods like soup mixes, tea mixes and dehydrated vegetables to supplement her income. Rising prices has left many people struggling to make ends meet, and any additional source of revenue for home-based food producers would be helpful to Wisconsin families like Dela’s. Dela said that a victory in the lawsuit could help her bed-and-breakfast business, and it would allow her to cook more than breakfast.


“Wisconsin’s own regulators repeatedly admitted that this ban made no sense and only existed because powerful groups like the Wisconsin Bakers Association pushed for it,” said IJ Senior Nutjob Justin Pearson. “Legislators are not allowed to hurt the little guy just because their powerful friends asked them to.”

Because of today’s ruling, people all over Wisconsin now have the option to sell—and buy—homemade food of any kind, without restriction, so long as the food is shelf-stable and being sold to a consumer (that is, not for resale).
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Soups and teas and dehydrated veggies, oh my!

Glad to see Kochy nutjobs putting an end to another crony capitalist scheme.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

The third report on the efforts of crony capitalists to suppress competition is out.

License To Work 3

For millions of lower-income Americans, state licensing laws make finding work or opening a small business harder and more expensive—if not outright impossible. These laws force would-be workers in fields like barbering, landscaping, interior design and many more to get a government permission slip—an occupational license—before they can legally work. To do so, they often must complete costly training, pass exams, pay fees and more.

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But we also found some good news: Since 2017, states have eliminated more licenses than they have created, and nearly 20% of licenses have become less burdensome. Policymakers can open jobs to more Americans and support new businesses by continuing reforms like these. States should:
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And then they go on to suggest a bunch of ways of becoming Somalia, all of which I support.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

Ohio To Honor Occupational Licenses from Other States

Ohio just took a step to make it easier for people who need a license to work to make a living.

By quietly signing a bill on January 2 that recognizes occupational licenses issued by other states and required by law to practice in various trades and professions, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine reduced the barriers to entry for people already licensed elsewhere to set up shop in Ohio without having to go through the whole onerous licensing process yet again. It's not a complete fix for a regulatory burden that serves as a barrier to employment and drives up prices for consumers, but it's a step in the right direction.

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"There is evidence that licensing requirements raise the price of goods and services, restrict employment opportunities, and make it more difficult for workers to take their skills across State lines," the Obama White House cautioned in a 2015 report.

Licensing especially hurts low-income Americans and immigrants who want to start businesses or enter trades, but find the costs and time requirements for getting permission to work daunting.

"The higher the rate of licensure of low-income occupations, the lower the rate of low-income entrepreneurship," reported economist Stephen Slivinski in a 2015 Goldwater Institute study.

Occupational licensing has also become a means to exercise political control, with permission to work denied to practitioners who offend regulators and politicians. That abuse of the power recently hit the headlines with the case of Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson and a California law that openly seeks to muzzle physicians who stray from official messaging.

As awful as occupational licensing is, radical change is a tough sell for a public misled into believing that guild-style restrictions are safety measures. Universal recognition, by which states honor each other's licenses, was developed as a compromise measure to reduce the harm done by licensing. Arizona was the first state to adopt the approach, in 2019. Ohio is just the latest to follow suit, becoming the 19th such state so far. But, as a compromise, universal recognition is less of a cure-all than a kludge.

"Universal recognition can differ quite drastically from state to state," warns the Institute for Justice. "Multiple states have imposed additional rules and requirements that thwart license portability and workforce mobility, undermining the main goals of universal license recognition."
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It might not be perfect but you don't become Somalia overnight.

 

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what the fk are you on abou... zzzz,zzzz,zzzz.....

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

And one for Tom.

That's only for me because you haven't read my comments about the Pure Food and Drug Act and just assume I oppose it. I still don't.

However, if you want to comment on any of the actual ways in which libertarians are trying to turn the US into Somalia through deregulation, I've collected several in this thread.

I told you why you are wrong. Now tell me:

Why are we wrong?

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

The related effort to force Texas to become Somalia lost, now being appealed

Dr. Garrett lost his appeal, taking pharmacy protectionism to the TX Supremes next

Yesterday, Texas’ 3rd Court of Appeals upheld a state law that forbids doctors from charging money for medications they dispense—even if they just want to recover their costs—unless they become licensed as pharmacists. Dr. Michael Garrett, an Austin-based doctor represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ), plans to appeal the decision to the Texas Supreme Court.


“This law isn’t about health and safety, it’s about money,” said IJ Nutjob Josh Windham. “Texas allows all doctors to dispense medications if they do it for free. And it allows rural doctors, who work far away from pharmacies, to recover their costs. But urban doctors can’t. There’s only one straight-faced way to explain the law: It was designed to protect pharmacies’ bottom lines. And that’s not a legitimate use of government power.”


Texas is a national outlier. Forty-five states allow patients to choose whether to purchase their medications from doctors or pharmacies. That’s because doctor dispensing is safe, convenient and expands access to care. But Texas bans doctors from offering patients that choice—even if, like Dr. Garrett, they simply want to dispense routine drugs at cost (not for profit).


“I filed this case for one reason: To offer my patients more convenient access to the medications they need,” said Dr. Garrett. “Forbidding me from doing that isn’t making anybody safer. I’m disappointed the Court of Appeals didn’t see that, but I’m optimistic the Supreme Court will.”
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I think this guy just summarized every single crony-capitalist piece of shit rule in this thread:

“This law isn’t about health and safety, it’s about money,” said IJ Nutjob Josh Windham.

 

[jocal505]

Pertinacious Tom Today at 1:45 AM​

“money money money,” said IJ Nutjob Josh Windham.

Nutjob? This is a nutjob:

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Dr. Garrett lost his appeal, taking pharmacy protectionism to the TX Supremes next

What do you think the likelihood is that they'll overturn, Tom?

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

What do you think the likelihood is that they'll overturn, Tom?

Your well-trained guess is probably better than mine, so what's your guess?

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

Gov Sununu Turning New Hampshire Into Somalia

For years, New Hampshire has been luring new residents with the promise of low taxes and a generally libertarian ethos. Soon, migrants to the state will be spared a significant relocation headache: getting permission from the government to do the same job you did somewhere else.


New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, launched a bold occupational licensing reform effort during his annual budget address on Tuesday by promising to sign legislation that broadly recognizes occupational licenses issued by other states.


"If you have a substantially similar license and are in good standing in another state, there's no reason you shouldn't have a license on day one in New Hampshire," Sununu said. "We are committed to breaking down regulatory barriers, lowering the cost of entry to do business here, increasing free-market competition."


Additionally, Sununu called for the outright elimination of 34 licenses currently issued by various boards, as well as the elimination of 14 state regulatory boards. He also pointed out that many licensing schemes make little logical sense—and generally have more to do with political power than consumer safety.
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This line applies to pretty much every post in this thread:

“This law isn’t about health and safety, it’s about money,” said IJ Nutjob Josh Windham.

 

[BeSafe]

Gov Sununu Turning New Hampshire Into Somalia


This line applies to pretty much every post in this thread:

“This law isn’t about health and safety, it’s about money,” said IJ Nutjob Josh Windham.

The irony is that there usually is a snippet of truth behind every great protectionism racket. The reality is that African-american hair often requires more skill and specialized products to properly cut and style. There were incidents of local 'great clips' and barbers essentially screwing up people's hair - like really damaging it - because they did it wrong.

Behind every stupid law is a stupid person who did a stupid thing.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

Virginia is next to become Somalia

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What's more, research shows that occupational licensing fails at its own prescribed task. "Licensing, and progressively stricter forms of it, is not associated with greater service quality across any of our nine comparisons," reads a 2022 report from the Institute for Justice. "In fact, in eight of the nine comparisons, we find no statistically significant difference in quality at all. In the ninth—our comparison of tree trimmers in licensed Maryland and unlicensed Virginia—quality is higher in unlicensed Virginia and statistically significantly so."

While the logic of licensing high-skill, high-risk occupations is defensible—though not undisputed—many regulated professions have no need for bureaucratic oversight. Virginia's regulated professions, for instance, include "apprentice tattooer(s)," estheticians, "martial artists," "wax technicians," and "temporary wrestler(s)." This is hardly a cohort from which the public requires economy-killing regulatory protections. Virginia's reform—accelerating the licensing process for already credentialed or experienced workers—is laudable, but a full-scale review of the larger system is in order.
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Oh no! Esteticians, wax techs, and temporary wrestlers without a government stamp of approval! The horror!

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

Wisconsin legalized cookies back in 2017 and now the spiral continues.

Victory for Wisconsin Home Bakers



Soups and teas and dehydrated veggies, oh my!

Glad to see Kochy nutjobs putting an end to another crony capitalist scheme.

Wisconsin government fighting to avoid becoming Somalia

Yesterday, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection filed an appeal to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals asking it to review a trial court decision allowing home bakers in Wisconsin to sell shelf-stable foods directly to consumers. The government also asked the trial court to stay enforcement of its ruling pending the appeal.


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“We look forward to continuing to defend the rights of home entrepreneurs,” said IJ Senior Nutjob Justin Pearson. “However, we are disgusted that Wisconsin’s state government would continue to waste tax dollars defending a law that its own employees said made no sense. The individual regulators also explained that this law only existed because powerful groups wanted to keep out smaller competition. Yet, perhaps because of that same influence, the government is appealing the court’s decision. Shame on them.”

The individual regulators actually confirmed the usual truth that pervades this thread:

“This law isn’t about health and safety, it’s about money,” said IJ Nutjob Josh Windham.

But the state government is determined to defend idiotic crony capitalism. Again. I'm glad that Kochy nutjobs are so tenacious.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

Virginia Is The 20th State To Become Somalia

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Friday signed legislation that will recognize many out-of-state licenses, a reform that will let experienced workers operate freely in Virginia without having to complete duplicative training or tests. With the governor’s signature, Virginia is now the 20th state that has enacted some form of universal license recognition.


“Workers don’t lose their job skills when they cross state lines, but occupational licensing laws often treat them like they do,” said Institute for Justice Legislative Nutjob Jessica Poitras, who testified in favor of the bill. “By making it easier to move to Virginia, universal license recognition will eliminate outdated barriers to interstate mobility and expand economic opportunity.”

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“Virginia’s universal recognition law is a common-sense reform that other states should adopt,” Poitras added. “But it’s only a first step. Virginia still burdens far too many workers with unnecessary licenses. IJ will continue to fight for economic liberty in Virginia, both in the statehouse and the courthouse.”

So that's good news for nutjobs everywhere. You don't even have to live in Virginia to have your license recognized there.

Also, Jessica Poitras has an adorable smile.