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The Horror Of 'Unlicensed' Volunteers
A Minneapolis tree trimmer was fined $275 when he dared to assist victims of a tornado without his master's permission.
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Few people will read this story, and then come to the obvious conclusion of questioning occupational licensing itself. Sad. At least this idiocy hasn't yet reached Wyoming, that I am aware of. Licensing and other legal requirements help destroy a civil society.
"Haege got more bad news in the mail Wednesday afternoon. He received a $275 fine from the City of Minneapolis."
Don't even open it, scrawl across the envelope, diagonally, REFUSED FOR CAUSE WITHOUT DISHONOUR
WITHOUT PREJUDICE WITHOUT RECOURSE.