Jon Sanders, director of the Center for Food, Power, and Life at the John Locke Foundation, testifies Wednesday about occupational licensing before the N.C. House Regulatory Reform Committee.
Locke’s Jon Sanders documents problems, offers alternatives to occupational licensing
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