Testimony to the Senate Financial, Government Organizations and Elections Committee

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By David Stokes | Read Time 1 min

 

Stop the ceaseless moves toward greater regulation of occupations in Missouri. Stop allowing existing businesses to limit their own competition and call it safety or consumer protection. Realize the harm that is done to our economy by occupational licensing requirements, and the barriers it can place on entry-level workers who are meeting service needs within their community, the essence of the free market.

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David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from...

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