Practicing Plumbing without a License? He works for a man that is in FACT Licensed, just as my Brother used to BEFORE he Licensed himself to start his own Business; who the Hell's Business do you think he wants to BUY?!?!?!?!?!
It seems some don't understand how small Businesses are run in this Nation. On Oct 17, 10:31 pm, "M.A. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joe the Outlawby Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. > This whole campaign has been dreadfully boring, with gaffe-avoidance > techniques squelching all spontaneity, and it doesn't help that the > ideological parameters of the election have been so narrowly drawn as to make > any thinking person want to shut up both the candidates and the media that > cover them so lovingly. > Still, one interesting point has emerged: the archetype chosen to represent > mainstream America turns out to be a thorough-going outlaw in the best sense > of that term. In this, he is a symbol of the age. We can look forward to the > creation and emergence of ever more people like this in the coming years, as > the state tightens its grip over every aspect of American life. We will all > soon be outlaws. > The whole Joe the Plumber saga began when Joe Wurzelbacher from Toledo, Ohio, > confronted Barack Obama about the candidate's tax plans. He wanted to know if > Obama would raise his taxes. In particular, he was planning to buy a company > with a revenue of $250,000 per year. "Your new tax plan is going to tax me > more, isn’t it?" > Of course the Republicans seized on this and exploited it. McCain keeps > bringing him up in speeches. Republicans like to talk about taxes. They > always seem to corner the budget-balancing, wealth-distributing Democrats > with this topic, even though it is largely a distraction in an age of fiat > money when the government can print all the revenue it needs. Still, the GOP > likes the symbolism, so Joe had his 15 minutes of fame as a hero of the Right. > But the New York Times did some digging and discovered – horror – that Joe is > doing plumbing without a proper business license. How dare he call himself a > plumber! A license is required by Toledo, not just one license for a > partnership but for everyone who is called a plumber. Joe has not taken the > training courses, is not a member of the union, and cannot legally call > himself a plumber. > The press reports on this were explosive, with reporters speaking as if they > had caught this guy red-handed and completely discredited him. But what about > the complete absurdity of the idea that you have to have a license in order > to have the right to fix someone else's sink? This is Soviet like, but deeply > entrenched in American professional life. > The idea of licensing is that it assures quality standards. But this is just > a cover used by guilds since the Middle Ages. The real goal of licensing is > to create a professional cartel. Fewer providers means higher wages for those > with licenses. It is all about boosting income by restricting competition. > This is of course a violation of human rights because it impinges on the > fundamental freedom of association. > In a market setting, there are plenty of quality controls through > professional organizations. Consumers are free to use them or not. Many > private producers attempt to create cartels through this means, but it is > rarely successful. There are always producers who break with the guild in > order to charge lower prices for their services. This is why they often seek > state regulations, such as the requirement that all plumbers have a license. > By the way, this is true of all professions, including lawyering and > doctoring. There was a time when entry into these fields was governed by the > free market, and the system worked fine (contrary to legend). But the big > players in these industries sought and obtained state privileges to > officially license service providers. It was an income-boosting tactic and it > worked. > By practicing plumbing without a license, Joe is bucking the system in a > truly heroic way. He shouldn't be condemned for this. He should be celebrated > as a freedom fighter. He has a lot more to complain about than just taxes. It > is the state itself in all its incarnations that is his true enemy. He ought > to demanding answers from the politicians about their regulatory schemes to > further restrict competition in a wide range of areas (banking for example!). > Most ridiculous is the idea that he shouldn't be called a plumber because he > doesn't have a license. Here we see how licensing attacks even the use of our > language. If he is doing plumbing, he is a plumber. Period. > And yet taxes are also close to Joe's heart because it also turns out that he > is delinquent on his property taxes, which are similarly too high and > similarly unjust. The Ohio Department of Taxation placed a lien against him > because $1,183 in personal property taxes had not been paid. In what sense > can you say that you really own your home if the state can take it away if > you don't pay what the state says you ought to be pay? This is an attack on > private property in the most fundamental sense. > So it turns out that we truly do have an American archetype in Joe > Wurzelbacher. He is an outlaw in the same sense that our founders were > outlaws. He lives outside the regulations of the state because these > regulations attack his freedom and property. It was to end systems such as > this that the American revolution came to be. And yet we find ourselves back > in exactly the same system, and one incredibly worse in every way. > It is going to take something different from the election of the Republican > to beat back the oppressions that vex his life. It is not complicated. It is > a right belonging to all people that they can do what they want and keep what > they own provided they do not impinge on anyone else's right to do the same. > The state is nothing but an organized attempt to deny this right. Joe has an > enemy, but it goes way beyond > Obama.http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/joe-the-outlaw.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
