Government CANNOT Take People's Opportunities.

In Texas Public Policy Foundation’s blog article “Occupational licensing keeps many from driving toward prosperity”, Dr. Derek Cohen, the director of the Center for Effective Justice and Right on Crime at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., director of the Center for Economic Prosperity and senior economist at the Texas Public Policy Foundation stated that In order to expand job opportunity and decrease crime rates, Texas should eliminate unnecessary occupational licenses. Cohen and Ginn consider that earning license coat is too much and this labor restriction raises prices, therefore, it decreases consumers’ consumption and their satisfaction. Also, these doctors say that Occupational licensing reform can reduce recidivism. They report that states that have high occupational licensing burdens increase new-crime recidivism but states that have low high occupational licensing burdens decrease it.

I strongly agree with their arguments. According to the blog, Texas requires that cosmetologist need 350 days of training, but emergency medical technician(EMT) need only 35 days. As a consumer, I care more about my life than my hairstyle. I want EMT to have high-quality techniques to save people’s lives. Also, labor restriction narrows people’s dreams. There are so many talented people who can provide high-quality services in the world; however, if they cannot afford to take courses to earn licenses, their high-quality talents will never come into the world. About recidivism, I believe that responsibilities make people grow, and workers feel companies rely on them make workers confident in themselves. Therefore, the occupational license can lead people to more responsibility, and that might reduce crime rates as well. It is clear that Texas should consider to fix these labor market impediments and make low-cost training and high-quality technicians. It can change a vicious cycle to an efficient cycle.