If minimum wage workers were so good at learning new skills they'd go learn them if they wanted to. I suggested subsidized training in my response to Hal, although I think that's going to get Hillary'd because nobody tells middle America to learn to code.
Again with the strawman. I never said #learntocode. There are dozens of trades and other semi-skilled labor jobs that are in high demand. If someone insists on never updating their skill set even if we have a system that presents them with that opportunity to do so at no cost to them, then I really have a hard time feeling sorry for them.
There are shitty nail salons, beauty salons, and food trucks all over the place already. What in the hell licensing and regulations do these people have to deal with? Not selling lobster that's been sitting by the side of a dumpster for a month???
If you want to start a food truck in California? You need to partner with a commercial kitchen, even if you do all of your prep and cooking within your truck. A truck that requires the same 3 basin ware wishing sink, food prep sink, and hand washing sink that a restaurant kitchen does, for a total of 4-5 sink basins. Even if you are making something basic like grilled cheese sandwiches on a griddle.
Even someone doing hairbraiding in their own home is required to have a similar setup with a bunch of equipment they don't need, even if they are not washing hair. You are also barred from being a barber in a lot of states if you are a felon. Now I don't want Timothy McVeigh or Charles Manson out on parole cutting my hair, but what about a 20 year who got popped for a few ounces of wacky tobacky?
These laws are written by businesses and legislatures with the intent of keeping competition out. Safety, while important, is just the excuse used to justify these regulations.