There are several interests that have it in for our profession. The average electrolysis provider is capable of making a living, or supplementing a job in such a way as to change their financial status by doing this work. The average person doing this has either never worked for someone else when doing it, or got wise to the fact that they could make more money doing it for themselves rather than remaining in what ever employee situation that brought them to this profession. The average electrolysis practitioner is, by nature (is the political coast clear, can I use this word?) a maverick. (insert Sarah Palin Joke Here)
An analogy here is the toupee’ industry. Since the people who made hand made toupees could not find enough of a "Next Generation to train, you now find inferior machine made products, that conveniently self destruct in a short period of time, requiring one to keep paying to replace the product over and over, while the hand made models needed only a modicum of care to last a lifetime.
I leave it to your imagination what forces make up the people who want there to be fewer electrolysis providers. I will tell you this though, if your state has a draconian licensing law that makes ridiculous demands on time and money, then you are one generation away from having to travel to the next state with no licensing to find a practitioner.
There is a saying, the power to tax (or regulate) is the power to destroy.