[_Jim]

This opens the door for all plumbers, electrician, HVAC, doctors, teachers, nurses, etc. that think that our licensing standards

I don't know that the local 'code inspector' is going to have the regulations he uses to accept or reject a contractors work 'rewritten' to fit some reduced standards or not; I kinda doubt it ...

I also doubt that the NEC (National Electrical Code) is going to "dumbed down" either. As to the schools, well, we would seem to 'be there' already (AND we've already got doctors from all over the world practicing medicine here)!

[JesseJane]

You don't think inspectors are paid off?? hehehe..

I can tell you a story from just last week.


RYLAND HOMES.

[hedgetrimmer]

Recently the Attorneys General for most states met to try to figure out how all the treaties our federal government is creating (free trade treaties are written and negotiated by the unelected but they affect all our laws)should be interpreted with respect to state law.

In other words, the treaties are superceding state law, and they don't know how to reconcile this with their constitional directive as attorneys general. They are complaining they have no input when the treaties are developed and they have no idea sometimes, how to meet treaty requirements to prevent "barriers to trade" and still maintain state and local sovereignty.

The short answer is local code inspectors do have to follow international law, in the state of California, our fire codes are now United Nations treaty inspired.

California forest firefighting is directly influenced by the United Nations-inspired international fire policy of the Urban Wildland Intermix Code (UWIC) that appears in San Diego as law of the Wildland Urban Interface. This local law copied almost verbatim from the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), overpowers Congress and America's national sovereignty and bypasses state legislatures. More than 450 cities worldwide, including Santa Monica, California, Muncie, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois have signed these international local government sustainable development regulations. Interface private land is scheduled soon to evolve into nature preserves or conservation corridors that link nature sanctuaries. Wildland Urban Interface firefighters invite US Fish and Wildlife experts to map potentially endangered species, and then create Habitat Conservation Plans. If your land is in an HCP, it is yours in name only.

[raybbr]

I don't know that the local 'code inspector' is going to have the regulations he uses to accept or reject a contractors work 'rewritten' to fit some reduced standards or not; I kinda doubt it ...

You have either missed the point or have ignored it. It has nothing to do with the inspectors. It's with the workers from foreign countries that deem our standards for licensing as a restriction in trade for services. Once again, they may be able to declare our licensing standards too strict to allow them to trade their services here.

If that's acceptable to you then let them build your house and take care of your loved ones in hospital.

I believe that our standards and licensing give us the best in safety and health care. Certainly you can't argue that there is better health care in Guatemala or that homes are built to a higher standard in Costa Rica (I am talking about residential construction not motels or hotels).