Posted on 06/16/2015 3:28:10 PM PDT by John Semmens
Police in Overton, Texas ordered two sisters, Zoey (aged 7) and Andria Green (aged 8) to “cease and desist” selling lemonade in their efforts to raise money to buy a Father’s Day gift for their dad.
“Selling anything in Texas without a permit is illegal,” explained rousting officer Doug Stamper. “It doesn’t matter that neighborhood lemonade stands have been a time-honored way for kids to make a buck. Under the law, they need to buy a permit if they want to sell lemonade.”
The cost of the required permit is $150. Few kids would have the funds to afford it. Few kid-run lemonade stands could net enough to cover the cost of purchasing a permit.
“Every dollar these kids make is stolen from legitimate businesses that pay for permits and collect sales taxes that they remit to the government,” Stamper added. “If the loss of this legitimate revenue weren’t substantial the businesses wouldn’t have bothered to lobby for the law we’re enforcing here today.”
Stamper went on to contrast “the fundamentally selfish motive of these two girls” with “the loftier purposes to which the local government puts the revenues garnered from permit fees and taxes. A couple of kids operating a rogue business may look cute, but it’s a ‘knife between the ribs’ of legitimate businesses and the government elected to protect their interests.”
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The family dog must have been in the house.
Please tell me this is satire.
SEMI-satire
This is satire but the real story is actually worse. The kids were shut down for lack of a $150 permit. They (their mom) actually went to the city and got the permit fee waived but they were then told they were subject to inspection by the city health department.
It’s satire in that the quotes are not true. The story itself however, sadly, is very true.
Here’s a link to the original article and the subsequent story which is pretty interesting.
Geez, I get into arguments trying to defend the police and then they pull crap like this.
This is why women have a bad reputation when it comes to them having voting rights.
The police these days ARE NOT THE ONES FROM Your/Our Childhood.
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