more license talk

An investigative reporter got burned by storm chasers so now he is pushing for a law to license roofers in Texas.

http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/watchdog/20150115-watchdog-you-and-me.-lets-push-legal-fixes-in-2015.ece

While they are at it they might as well license every occupation. You can't be too safe...

There are several customers in the West Michigan market who go burned by a "licensed, insured, BBB A+ rating") contractor this past year. My father has always insisted that the State of Michigan licensing was a license to steal. Nothing I've seen over the years has contradicted this viewpoint.

Handing over a check and passing a test says nothing about personal integrity, trade competency or business acumen. A low barrier to entry in this state . . .

I'm thinking that we would be better off unlicensed . . . take away that false sense of security for the customer and really force them to do their homework (finding that lowest price) before moving forward with their choice of service provider.

According to a couple of guys who were actively posting here years ago, duking it out really, (They were calling each other rump rangers) lol RCAT was perennially pushing for licenses and perennially getting voted down (in general elections maybe?) Kind of a "standing wave" of argumentation over there.