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Originally Posted by Dudesky
Its not a fear.....why do gov't register ham radios, guns,doctors, aircraft mechs, other professionals and the like?
Take your guns, shut down your voice or pirate your skills.
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I don't know about other states, but the reason Texas and Oklahoma started regulating professions was to tax them.
Many years ago a friend of mine was whining about needed to pay his professional tax to Texas of $5,000. I asked him what he got for his money and he said the right to practice law.
The theory goes that the state needs to keep the pretenders out of the state and that means someone has to regulate them. Those people need to be paid, and the professional tax is where the money comes from to pay them.
Anyway..... That's the theory. I don't know what the reality is in that if the state makes money on the deal or loses it.