Missouri's Mover Monopoly | Timothy Sandefur | Cato Institute: Commentary

Missouri's Mover Monopoly | Timothy Sandefur | Cato Institute: Commentary: "the government won't let you open your doors unless you first get permission from all your existing competitors.

Bizarre as it might seem, that's just the law that St. Louis entrepreneur Michael Munie ran into when he asked the state's Department of Transportation for a permit to operate a statewide moving company. Under a seventy-year old law, MoDOT cannot issue a permit without first notifying the existing moving companies and giving them the chance to object."