How Licensing Laws Cripple Competition

Reason writes, In 2004, Maurice Underwood was just a man with a van. When he made the decision to start his own moving company, Underwood was running an established small business in Reno, Nevada, providing home cleaning services.  A moving business was a natural next step, he thought, after he noticed several of his clients inquiring about moving services. A year later, the government came calling. One of Underwood’s trucks was cited in 2005 for operating without a license ― in the state, anyone can load or unload a truck, but special permission from the state government is required to drive a loaded…

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