>>State licensing has turned into guilds preventing competition.
You can say that again!
It’s crazy what all we require a license to engage in as a job.
PROFESSIONS ARCHITECTS & INTERIOR DESIGNERS
ATHLETE AGENTS
ATHLETIC & ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
ATHLETIC TRAINERS
AUCTIONEERS
CEMETERIES
CHIROPRACTORS
CONDITIONED AIR CONTRACTORS
COSMETOLOGISTS AND BARBERS
DIETITIANS
DISPENSING OPTICIANS
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS
FORESTERS
FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMERS
GEOLOGISTS
HEARING AID DEALERS & DISPENSERS
IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE
LACTATION CONSULTANTS
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
LIBRARIANS
LOW VOLTAGE CONTRACTORS
MASSAGE THERAPY
MUSIC THERAPY
NURSING
NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
OPTOMETRY
PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
PLUMBERS
PODIATRY
PRIVATE DETECTIVES & SECURITY AGENCIES
PROF COUN/SOC WORK/MARRIAGE
PSYCHOLOGY
RESIDENTIAL AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS
SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS
USED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS
USED MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS
UTILITY CONTRACTORS
VETERINARY MEDICINE
WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR
http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/licensing
the guilds require more and more credentials because they are at state level peopled with professors and others in education in their field, and godknows you have to keep the education maw fed.