Originally Posted by
Rob Thomas
Why does Burkeson ask a question and then berate the one person who was gracious enough to answer it?
Patterson should have known that anyone who uses the terms 'socialism' and 'porridge' in discussions about home inspection isn't likely to understand a cogent argument no matter how many times he sees it.
It's clear to me that the last thing members of an organization that manufactures its own credentials want is for the state to interfere with their little scam. That might limit the number of recruits for their 'boot camps'.
RT
A blog where everyone agreed would be deservedly short lived. Grant it, most of the time Joe sounds like he graduated Summa cum laude from the Don Rickles school of charm. And most of the time it is clear that his motives for hating licensing are motivated by self serving reasons. That is not the same thing as his arguments having no merit and not worth consideration instead of automatic rejection.
It has been to the detriment of American society that anyone who opposes government regulation is quickly labeled a whiner and a nut case.
As a proponent of responsible licensing, those that accept it as it is; without question, deserve the consequences they may suffer. The weakness in Scott's argument is in his last sentence.
"Conversely you should also be afforded a level of protection if you are properly performing to a set of required guidelines and or standards."
"Should" is the operative word. In Texas, they have sought the right to suspend your license before you have been found guilty of anything. Yet I have seen no request for a means of compensating the Inspector should he be absolved. I think that means that the outcome is predetermined or at least presumed.
Consumers should be protected and fair and impartial licensing is a good way to do it. The question is, How do we get fair and impartial licensing authorities? What measures are in effect to keep consumers from making outrageous claims against Inspectors? Remember, it does not have to be your Client.