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In article <46549@netnews.upenn.edu> yee@mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu (Conway Yee) writes:

   Licensing merely mandates a minimum level of competency.

Licensing is an anti-capitalistic method to reduce competition and raise
prices, and that's it.  It has little effect on competency, since the kind
of things that can be tested have little to do with how safely the
licensed person works after getting the license.

   Many other professions have licensing procedures for exactly that
   reason.

OSTENSIBLY for that reason.  The real reason is always to reduce competition.

   Would you prefer to be treated by a doctor who did not have a license
   to practice medicine?

I would be happy to be treated by a doctor who had an M.D. from a
reputable school, and no bad record with the B.B.B.  Among other things,
the prices would be lower.

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Enjoy,

Joe Wells <jbw@uswest.com>