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Re:Prop. 22 faces first legal challenge as SEIU, ride-hail d... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @09:41PM (#26021949)
> the exemptions and carve outs have gotten so bad that it’s hard to justify these licenses as beneficial to protect the public.

I don't follow the logic. If there were no exemptions or carveouts, it would be even harder to claim that the licensures were beneficial.

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Re:Prop. 22 faces first legal challenge as SEIU, ride-hail d... by underseacables on Thursday February 04, 2021 @09:21AM (#26025496)
They exempt larger licensed professions. For example, you can’t get a license requirement for anything in healthcare without exempting doctors, nurses, and other licensed professions. The carve outs protect other license holders, perpetuating the myth that only a license holding person is qualified. Thus it waters down to a license and market exclusivity for one specific group, but it exempts the rest of the licensed establishment so that the effect is simply market protectionism.
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