A "Free" Country?

In what sense are we living in a free country when crap like this is going on? I mean, okay, there are certain professions that probably need to be regulated, like doctors and lawyers. But florists? Are you crazy? If the government can make florists get licenses in order to sell freakin' flowers, the government can make anyone in any profession do the same.

In what sense do we live in a free nation when the government can interfere in something as basic as earning a living by selling things as innocuous as flowers? Jeesh.