That's all they had to do.

This is a typical right wing tactic.

Teach the kid that opening a business involves getting permits.

And yet many here on the DU defend it to their last breath.

It has nothing to do with this thread.

It's just that some are more equal than others.

Irrelevancies are also all equally bad... it's just that some are more irrelevant than others.

They were the one who brought irrelevancies on board the conversation in the first place.

The kid would be too young to work for the father's business according to child labor laws.

the permits in the first place. Paying the sales tax and sometimes other taxes associated with selling stuff.
It's a wonder more kids don't end up in jail for operating illegal lemonade stands in the summer.

Got it.

Most of these types of laws are there for a reason.

So get the council to enact a program for kids to open little businesses of this type.

Flat fees are highly regressive. Thus, keeping kids and other poor folks out of business would be one of the expectations. I'm skeptical that its purpose is educational.

You can buy whistles, order crepes and sign a marijuana petition all without walking more than ten steps.

But you can't open a business without going through the market's formal application process. =DUh

and really - for braces??

Nutters like to call themselves patriots but also so like to live without laws and pimp their kids I notice


Free market meme BS imo

I've read that some types are toxic. I don't know if that's really true. If it is, I kind of wonder if mistletoe toxicity might play some part in any story like this.

making an investment in time and money to sell a product to raise money for any number of reasons is not the same as standing on a street corner and begging for money because you don't have any fucking thing to eat.

Now THAT's a false equivalency in my mind.

for instance, this vendor:

require a written application ranging from very simple to pretty complex. In many cases this is not even close to going down to the city and applying for a permit. In addition to making sure that the vendors adhere to the rules of the market and helps to protect consumers, the rules also help protect the vendors who make a commitment to the market. Why should vendors make a commitment to keeping this public gathering going when anyone and their grandfather can just set up shop 20 feet away and sell products that might even undercut the vendors at the market?

Many markets even have a rule that there has to be at least one person 18 years or older at the table in order to sell. And many markets allow younger folks to sell as long as there is a qualified adult at the table.

Much ado about nothing if you ask me

The last one I recall was some little girl who showed up at a state fair with her Lemonade stand and then cried to the media when the mean old state fair officials tossed her out.

and found out she needed a license.

Right wingers use these extreme cases to argue that businesses should not be regulated.