Government Brownshirts find Al Queda under every cav....er, cupcake stand. The Inexplicable War on Lemonade Stands http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/08/03/the-inexplicable-war-on-lemonade-stands/ Iâm beginning to think that thereâs a nation-wide government conspiracy against either lemonade or children, because these lemonade stand shutdowns seem to be getting more and more common. If you set up a stand for your kids, just be prepared for a visit from the cops. In Coralville, Iowa police shut down 4-year-old Abigail Krstingerâs lemonade stand after it had been up for half an hour. Dustin Krustinger told reporters that his daughter was selling lemonade at 25 cents a cup during the Registerâs Annual Great Bicycle Race Across Iowa (or RAGBRAI), and couldnât have made more than five dollars, adding âIf the line is drawn to the point where a four-year-old eight blocks away canât sell a couple glasses of lemonade for 25 cents, than I think the line has been drawn at the wrong spot.â Nearby, mother Bobbie Nelson had her kidsâ lemonade stand shutdown as well. Police informed her that a permit would cost $400 Meanwhile, in Georgia, police shutdown a lemonade stand run by three girls who were saving money to go to a water park. Police said the girls needed a business license, a peddlerâs permit, and a food permit to operate the stand, which cost $50 per day or $180 per year each, sums that would quickly cut into any possible profit-margin. In Appleton, Wisconsin the city council recently passed an ordinance preventing vendors from selling products within two blocks of local events â including kids who want to sell lemonade or cookies. These are hardly isolated incidents. From slapping parents with $500 fines for letting their kids run unlicensed lemonade stands (though this was later waived after public outcry), to government officials calling the cops on kids selling cupcakes, the list goes on and on and on. Nor does it stop with kids. Food Trucks are also under the gun of regulators and city governments across the country. This isnât to say that food trucks donât need any regulations at all, but many of the regulations that come down the pipeline are pushed by brick-and-mortar competitors who want to keep competition at a minimum. But itâs the shutdown of lemonade stands that I find so inexplicable. Who stands to lose from a couple of six-year-olds selling lemonade? Who stands to gain from shutting them down? Do local governments really think parents are going to pay for $400 vendor permits, or that kids can scrape together the money for food permits? Are there any actual safety risks? Kids have been selling lemonade for decades without permits of any sort. They often set the stands up just for fun, but many lemonade stands (or bake sales) are used to raise money for schools, cancer, or sick pets. Lemonade stands represent the most innocent, optimistic side of capitalism out there. Fortunately, August 20th is now unofficially National Lemonade Freedom Day, because when life gives you overbearing government regulationsâ¦make lemonade, or something. A map of lemonade stand crackdowns can be found here. Theyâre spread out pretty much all across the country. Hat tip to Radley Balko and the Reason team for many of these stories, so many of which sound like theyâve been pulled straight from The Onion.
All this government intrusion is for your own good as it helps protect your FREEDOMS! War is Peace Debt is Profit The US is turning into one scary country.......
Food Trucks are also under the gun of regulators and city governments across the country. ------------- Justy for the heck of it, I leased a food truck for a while.It was a blast. Good cash business, ate good too! Pull over the side of the road, check stocks,post on yahoo. But those days are over because of terrorist threats. Cos don't want strangers/trucks on co property, job sites. security is tough. Guys used to fence tools, buy tools from laid of contractors, crazy shit going on out there. Buy MCD meals or DD and sell from the truck, anything to make a buck. I didn't do any of this stuff buy some guys did.
only GMO foods should be allowed. Packed with mercury, fluoride and aluminum. Vitamins, raw milk and hemp - make it illegal for god sakes! USA is a modern country, while Venezuela is a dictatorship
It's more like the government is running out of ideas to rip you off, since government is growing so they need to find the pettiest things to tax you. It's more fucked up than scary.
...So kids are going to have to stick to selling pot to their fellow classmates when they want to raise cash... ...and the land of the free... is nowhere to be found...