Sweet Home Alabama
By Paul Kersey
Right-to-work states like Alabama are on pace to pass Michigan for per capita disposable income.
This story originally appeared on October 1, 2007.
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License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing is the first national study to measure how burdensome occupational licensing laws are for lower-income workers and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Michigan has one of the most burdensome licensing requirements. Our state forces people to take classes and pay money to the state for things like painting, floor sanding, cutting hair and low-level carpentry. Few other states require that.
