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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli says the government should stop silly regulations, like saying who can and cannot cut your hair.

In his new book, “The Last Line of Defense," the Republican attorney general in Virginia takes aim at laws and regulations that he argues “burden businesses” and are “unnecessary.” He specifically cites regulations by state governments of barber shops.

“I’m also not going to die from a bad haircut, so why is it to so critical to have a licensing process?” Cuccinelli wrote in his book, which comes out Feb. 12.

“State governments often impose training and licensing requirements on people who want to become barbers,” he explained.

Without these regulations, Cuccinelli argues people won’t be harmed. The market, he explains, will help people determine where to get haircuts.

“If barbers don’t do good work, they lose business,” he wrote. “Word spreads. Soon, the bad barbers go out of business.”