I was. When I retired, I went to work for him and took on V.P., treasurer, and eventually partner.

OA,Thanks for the quote 160000+ pages of fed regulations. And they pick and choose who to accuse or abuse. To top that they are starting to make some laws retroactive.

You must be very proud.

He collected comic books. So, in order to earn money for his hobby, he borrowed $200 and put on a Comic Book Collecror's Expo, then a Record Collectors Convention, started at age 14, then it went national by the time he was 18, which led to record memorabilia mail order co. which led to publishing comic books, and graphic novels and magazines.

I would enjoy a Maid-Rite over the golden arches any day!

In 1926, way back before Facebook, and even before TV, people just didn't know how to waste time. But, being really bored paid off for butcher Fred Angell. He worked to get just the right combination of a special cut and grind of meat and a selected blend of spices. When a deliveryman tasted Fred's new creation, he said, "This sandwich is made right."

With that, the Maid-Rite was born. Fred was quite a sandwich maker but not much of a speller.

He is a modern day hero for that!
What business did he start and continue?

We lived at the end of a dead-end street, so my little guys didn't do lemonade. But, they found other ways to earn money. One of them became so good at it that he turned it into a career.

It just amazes me how the supporters of these law makers (breakers) can't see the rancid truth.

My wife and I can't drive by a lemonade stand with out stopping. We love little entrepreneurs learning to trade.

I never sold lemonade but did set up carnival games on the sidewalk and charged a penny or two to play, even gave booby prizes just like the big boys did. Never got busted for that but my home made bazooka which fired CO2 cylinders full of a zinc and sulfur propellant ended up in a cop's hands when a neighbor complained and I was working in my chem lab when a cop walked into the house without knocking and took it away. I was about 13 at the time in 1953. Got in trouble in high school chemistry for making NI3 which explodes with the slightest touch and spreads little peaces all over so that walking on the floor lets off little explosions. I did finally get a degree in chemistry but did not practice it due to not agreeing with the ACS and NSF registration programs. Things were much more free in the 50s, my grandfather even was able to walk through town with his gun on his side without question, that was in Paul Ryan's home town.

I bet that the IRS is horrified that the police shut the lemonade stand down before they got their cut.

See "Capitalism, The Unknown Ideal".

That makes sense. It's like you can hire a company that's licensed, bonded, and insured to fix your house, or you can go to someone who does a few jobs on the side and take the risk of their damaging something yourself.

Hello Abaco,
Protection racket...
“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
― Ayn Rand
Respectfully,
O.A.

You could also make this apply to summer and part time jobs.

Just make the law apply only to a professional business, not a kid's joint. If the volume is below $5,000 per year, then the law should be waived. A lemonade stand with a plywood table would fall under that limitation, and in such cases it's buyer beware. No tort law would apply.

Maybe it's time to learn Chinese?

I've yet to see bodies in the streets from drinking lemonade, but there are hundreds of thousands of bodies resulting from prescription drug deaths, even when properly dosed. The only difference is a license. Perhaps a license to kill.

" leave the kids alone."
We all agree with that wholeheartedly. The question I was raising was how to realize that goal.

I applaud the parents. Rather than just give them the money, or say the couldn't afford it, they allowed them to become businesspeople. Even in the face of regulation stupidity, they continued on their quest by doing chores. Hurray for them. Those girls , if they are allowed to maintain this attitude are the future. Or at least, the good part of the future.

By the way, I have imbibed several quarts of lemonade stand lemonade with no bad results.

" independently insured so if they make someone sick, that person sues and wins, they will be able to pay the judgment."

Really? Insure a kids lemonade stand? Get real.

Here's a better idea ... leave the kids alone. No one ever got sick from lil Sneaker's lemonade stand. I was ENCOURAGED by the community, not hassled by the police. I showed INITIATIVE .. something many kids these days could use.

Running a lemonade stand is better than a whole fortitude of other things they could be doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV7e_...

Enuf said...

the police force in Midway would have gone far in Nazi Germany...wonder if they would have thrown the switch to gas the girls if the law required it...

I make it a point to buy from the mexicans selling oranges and strawberries on the street corners. At least they are trying to be productive. I doubt they have licenses, but I dont care at all. Much better than the bums on welfare begging for money