THE TENNESSEE BUREAUCRACY STANDS UNIQUELY READY TO FIGHT AMERICA’S UNREGULATED SHAMPOOER MENACE, Glenn Reynolds writes in his latest USA Today column:

The single best anti-poverty program is a job. So why does government at all levels make it so hard to get one?

In my home state of Tennessee, for example, it takes 300 hours of training to be licensed to shampoo hair. That’s right: 300 hours. That training covers things like applying shampoo, rinsing and conditioning and answering the phone and taking appointments. Shampoo hair without a license, and you can get six months in jail.

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