Gov. shuts down a 7yr olds lemonade stand

and for the record this isnt like some huge county fair, its a little local community art fair. lets just make it illegal to have a small business. if you want lemonade just go buy some at walmart. screw all small companies... or better yet, lets continue to tax the crap out of them and hit them with unlimited laws and permit requirments until they just go out of business then make it illegal for new ones.

 

That's the spirit...we're just saving ourselves and our children when they grow up from having to prosecute some little tax cheating shits (when they grow up) who started out by not pay taxes at their lemonade stand when they were selling the stuff. I say give them the chair.....

 

I bet Kim jong il has many lemonade stands

 

Yes but therein lies the difference. HE OWNS THEM AND HE IS THE GOVT. Unlike our thieving cheating dishonest 7 year old kids who were learning a lesson in that mean old capitalistic state called AMERICA!!!

 

maybe he got the funds by starting a huge underground lemonade ring. screw the drugs

 

This whole story is pretty sad. If you look at the picture of the little girl and her sign, the sign says in very small print that the lemonade is free and the recomended donation is 50 cents. Last time I checked, it's not illegal to give away free lemonade.

 

If you read the whole article it states the inspector went over the line and used a bad judgment call to shut down this girl's stand. Local politicians personally called the mother to apologize and said that the closure was unnecessary. The inspector just sounds like a huge bitch.

 

I heard the real reason why she got shut down is because the lemonade stand was a front to sell candy cigarettes.

 

x2. As much as I agree with the OPs post, lets try to keep it civil... please?

 

Welll now wait a minute...maybe I overreacted...you said she had a sign? Was that sign bought and paid for with stimulus money like all the other signs? Hmmmm we could be on to something here---I wonder if taxes had been paid on the candy cigarette? Only way to tell is to go undercover and buy a pack and see if they had a stamp on them. You don't think she might have an unregistered toy gun do you? So many questions! (Yes I know the politicians called and apologized for an incident that should never have happened)

 

one of these days we'll need a permit to break wind

 

I love a good sense of humor...

 

OMG! lol I'm f*cked if that ever happens!

 

OR they could have used a little common sense....which seems to be lacking in this case....for your knowledge in most states 7 year olds cannot committ crimes (Driving without a license). The law of culpability begins at age 8. Why age 8 you ask-----it's based on judaeo/christian belief that a child cannot commit a sin until after the age of 7. Meaning they don't understand what wrong is.....second point as a matter of law in most states....children do not commit crimes...they commit torts (civil wrong) Again as a general rule you are a child up to but not including the age of 18. You say you've read where some children are tried as an adult...you are correct after they are certified as an adult....