Hey, you over there drawing a breath, have you filed the proper paperwork to be doing that?

Two items I''ve run across today about how licensing is one way the leviathan state makes sure we don't get any fancy ideas about that freedom stuff.  Sister Toldjah informs us about a 4-year-old Iowa girl whose lemonade stand was shut down, and Walter Williams, in his Townhall column today, cites a panoply of instances in which those with ambition but modest resources were denied the chance to ply a simple trade.