Not at all. I'd make the Extra the only license allowed 1500 watts.



A major reason that the FCC doesn't restrict power level per license level
(other than novice) is that it is hard to enforce. Unless you visit and
inspect
the ham's station, how do you tell if that strong signal is due to excessive
power, or is it a beam pointed in your direction? Privilages based on
frequency is easy to enforce, all the FCC needs to do is listen to your
signal and note the frequency you're found on. Not that it takes extra
knowledge to operate on 14.160 vs 14.318 MHz.