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The Volokh Conspiracy - George Will on Rent-Seeking:
by Decius at 10:58 am EDT, Mar 23, 2007 |
In New Mexico, anyone can work as an interior designer. But it is a crime, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and up to a year in prison, to list yourself on the Internet or in the Yellow Pages as, or to otherwise call yourself, an "interior designer" without being certified as such. Those who favor this censoring of truthful commercial speech are a private group that controls, using an exam administered by a private national organization, access to that title. Who benefits? Creating artificial scarcity of services raises the prices of those entitled to perform the services.
This discussion and the linked editorial should resonate with people who are concerned about HB 504. |
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RE: The Volokh Conspiracy - George Will on Rent-Seeking:
by skullaria at 1:15 pm EDT, Mar 24, 2007 |
There's actually a group that tried to own the term 'webmaster' and all the basic concepts of basic web authoring- that is ----. (I probably can't say their name - they've already threatened to sue me once.) They have settled down in recent years, but they would love something like this. Could you imagine a web with no web designers unless they were somehow certified??????? Crazy crazy - no one should think they should be the sole owners of 'how-to.' Crazy laws. Crazy times. Is it me or does it remind you of castling in chess? Design - a lot of it is art. It is a sad testimony of our time that people are starting to look at an ARTIST's certification and degrees. People are getting incapable of judging art without the help of experts? I dunno. Some of those experts are pretty incompetent themselves. Whatever happened to letting one's portfolio speak for itself? |
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The Volokh Conspiracy - George Will on Rent-Seeking:
by Rattle at 12:18 pm EDT, Mar 23, 2007 |
In New Mexico, anyone can work as an interior designer. But it is a crime, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and up to a year in prison, to list yourself on the Internet or in the Yellow Pages as, or to otherwise call yourself, an "interior designer" without being certified as such. Those who favor this censoring of truthful commercial speech are a private group that controls, using an exam administered by a private national organization, access to that title. Who benefits? Creating artificial scarcity of services raises the prices of those entitled to perform the services.
This discussion and the linked editorial should resonate with people who are concerned about HB 504. |
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