State view: Repealing Minnesota licensing laws would create thousands of new jobs
July 16, 2012 at 7:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
In May, Gov. Mark Dayton signed legislation for a new $975 million Vikings stadium in Minneapolis. Among the supporters’ rationales is the creation of 1,600 new construction jobs in the first year of construction, which Minnesota sorely needs.
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Have we as a society lost our senses? Nearly $1bn for a stadium to the benefit of a company franchise!! A travesty.
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If the licensee’s trade/job deals with public health or safety, state regulation and oversight is entirely appropriate. On the other hand, 700 days of experience just to cut hair is extreme.
I wouldn’t be comfortable receiving care from an unlicensed healthcare provider, but do we really need to license apprentices? Isn’t that oversight more appropriately left to the training body/institution/union? Final licensure is ultimately granted by the state via an exam anyway, so why add the extra burden of licensing apprentices.
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