Cops Raid Lemonade Stand

[joshh]

Wouldn't that make it triple taxation.

You can't even die these days without being taxed.

[Farbin Kaiber]

^Ohhh, good point. Garage Sales.

[GaryE30]

I'm I just completely oblivous or what? This shit never happened when I was a kid. Then again I didn't watch the news or pay attention to this stuff because I was, afterall, a kid. My lemonade stands never got shut down. I also never paid taxes on my garage sales (probably $15 when I was 8 yrs old).

Someone tell me now because this world we live in is just getting too ridiculous. You can't do anything now without breaking some sort of law.

[dkbmxer002]

lol midway.. its a shit hole imo, lot of street racing there though.

[mrsleeve]

And HERE WE GO AGAIN

this happend yesterday 7/20 in McAllen TX not only shut it down but Gma was fined 50 bucks.

MCALLEN, Texas (WABC) -- Lemonade stands are a staple of summer in America, but police in Texas are trifling with tradition.

A brother and sister sales team was ordered by police to take down their lemonade stand, and their grandmother was slapped with a $50 fine.

It turns out the city of McAllen requires a health permit to sell food, and not even a couple of harmless kids are above the law.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=8262190

[MC Hammered]

I remember when I sold used/found balls at the golf course, like 15 years ago, the business guys would joke around asking if we had licenses and are paying taxes from the $1 we made. They always gave us tips and said they're happy to see kids learn.

I always thought of lemonade stands as the most basic symbol of how free you are to have a business and make money to buy whatever you like, part of the American Dream.

But as basic as those lemonade stands are, that story is pretty much the most basic example of how shallow many "democratic" and "free" countries have become.
"Want to start a fair little business, offer people your talent and promptness, give back to your community, make a living? Well fuck you, all we can offer is a government official that'll kick your ass and take absurd amounts of your hard earned cash whenever he wants."

Maybe the officer didn't get a payoff of protection money.

[MC Hammered]

I was thinking they were selling scooby snacks out of the stand or something before I read the article.

I hope karma kicks that officers ass.

[Fusion]

I remember when I sold used/found balls at the golf course, like 15 years ago, the business guys would joke around asking if we had licenses and are paying taxes from the $1 we made. They always gave us tips and said they're happy to see kids learn.

I always thought of lemonade stands as the most basic symbol of how free you are to have a business and make money to buy whatever you like, part of the American Dream.

But as basic as those lemonade stands are, that story is pretty much the most basic example of how shallow many "democratic" and "free" countries have become.
"Want to start a fair little business, offer people your talent and promptness, give back to your community, make a living? Well fuck you, all we can offer is a government official that'll kick your ass and take absurd amounts of your hard earned cash whenever he wants."

[Eecen]

They should have been pushing smack outta their stall.


Now THAT would have made for a good story. Could you imagine the headlines?



"Police raid lemonade stand run by 14yr old girls."

Imagine the uproar..

[Dozyproductions]

the ability to use discretion has is a art long lost in our society. This is not every cop, nor every county but that this happens at all is appalling.

[Toadleg]

if instead they sold donuts the cops would of just been customers

[bmwstephen]

Sad but they have it slightly easier than my neck of the woods. In santa clara county you need food handling safety certification, attend a hearing to get the blessing of the district, and a pretax for your projected revenue befire u even sell one glass of lemonade (applies if this isnt ur first establishment) on top of the business licenses you need to acquire.

[alane]

I cant believe this shit, I guess shits changed since I was a kid. Goodbye freedom, it was nice having you.

[Wiglaf]

so much for that small town southern friendly

[IminDiegoTriick]

thats just ridiculous. I wanna know the public's reaction