| Author | Thread |
|
|
08/30/2012 08:40:07 PM · #1 |
The Inexplicable War on Lemonade Stands
When did we become such a dour, nitpicking people, anyway? Sheesh... |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 08:47:07 PM · #2 |
| Sad. I thought it was good to teach children about work and entrepreneurship. It's ok for kids to see people get food stamps for nothing but if you try and work for anything you get slapped. Sigh. |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 08:47:34 PM · #3 |
| Tax 'em all until they can't get any profits and shut their stands down to go on government benefits! Yes! |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 08:53:34 PM · #4 |
Ever since the 1 % gained so much power?
|
|
|
|
08/30/2012 08:58:47 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by PGerst:
Ever since the 1 % gained so much power?
|
I don't get involved in politics at all but the whole 99%/1% thing just cracks me up, like there has ever been a time in history where there wasn't a 1% |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 09:03:58 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
like there has ever been a time in history where there wasn't a 1% |
Well, there's always been a 1%, of course, but there hasn't always been such a concentration of assets in that 1% as there is now. I'm sure, historically, there's been times and places where it was even worse (feudal Europe?) but at least in the USA, in the last 75 years or so, this is as far outside the envelope as we've ever been, wealth-distribution wise...
Message edited by author 2012-08-30 21:04:08. |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 09:18:14 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by smardaz:
like there has ever been a time in history where there wasn't a 1% |
Well, there's always been a 1%, of course, but there hasn't always been such a concentration of assets in that 1% as there is now. I'm sure, historically, there's been times and places where it was even worse (feudal Europe?) but at least in the USA, in the last 75 years or so, this is as far outside the envelope as we've ever been, wealth-distribution wise... |
Uh, the last time was in early 1929, and we know how that turned out ...
I'm trying to figure out Republican economic logic:
"It's time for Obama to quit blaming the previous administration for the economic mess he created ..." and to reinstitute the policies which created that disaster in the first place. |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 09:23:35 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Uh, the last time was in early 1929, and we know how that turned out ... |
1929 + 75 = 2004, check :-) I did have that in mind... |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 09:35:03 PM · #9 |
| I was thinking more about this.....I could have sworn I heard about laws that protected lemonade stands like that from the needs for permits. Maybe it was just talk...but I do remember something.... |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 09:45:31 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
I'm trying to figure out Republican economic logic:
"It's time for Obama to quit blaming the previous administration for the economic mess he created ..." and to reinstitute the policies which created that disaster in the first place. |
I'm wondering how the Hope and Change has worked out... regardless of what he was handed. I know it wasn't good when he got it, but GOLLY! It's much worse now.
So much more unemployment... more on government handouts...
What has he changed for the better? What Hope can we have that another four years won't just sink us further down than we've gone lately?
But, this thread is actually about little kids' lemonade stands.
Does anyone buy a cup of lemonade from a roadside stand and think that it's been authorized/inspected by the government "experts"? No.
Do they buy it to support their community through taxes? No.
Do they buy it because they want to inspire that cute little kid with buck teeth to go ... on.. and do something more? That there is so much that can be accomplished in this world? Yes.
Nobody DRINKS that nasty mess!
It's a quarter to inspire someone.
Leave the little kids alone to live their dreams. No one is being forced to buy that crap (lol!)... and the taxes on it would... probably equate to... uhhh... ten cents? I dunno. But, it's certainly not worth crushing some little kids' idea of what he/she can do in this world.
|
|
|
|
08/30/2012 09:47:16 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by PGerst:
I was thinking more about this.....I could have sworn I heard about laws that protected lemonade stands like that from the needs for permits. Maybe it was just talk...but I do remember something.... |
If there WERE such a law, surely it'd be local? So it would be in effect in some places and not in others... |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 10:00:05 PM · #12 |
Probably what I'm thinking of.
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by PGerst:
I was thinking more about this.....I could have sworn I heard about laws that protected lemonade stands like that from the needs for permits. Maybe it was just talk...but I do remember something.... |
If there WERE such a law, surely it'd be local? So it would be in effect in some places and not in others... |
|
|
|
|
08/30/2012 10:02:51 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by PGerst:
I was thinking more about this.....I could have sworn I heard about laws that protected lemonade stands like that from the needs for permits. Maybe it was just talk...but I do remember something.... |
If there WERE such a law, surely it'd be local? So it would be in effect in some places and not in others... |
See This |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 10:17:51 PM · #14 |
My gawd, isn't the internet WONDERFUL? |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 11:08:06 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by LydiaToo:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
I'm trying to figure out Republican economic logic:
"It's time for Obama to quit blaming the previous administration for the economic mess he created ..." and to reinstitute the policies which created that disaster in the first place. |
I'm wondering how the Hope and Change has worked out... regardless of what he was handed. I know it wasn't good when he got it, but GOLLY! It's much worse now.
So much more unemployment... more on government handouts...
What has he changed for the better? What Hope can we have that another four years won't just sink us further down than we've gone lately?
But, this thread is actually about little kids' lemonade stands.
Does anyone buy a cup of lemonade from a roadside stand and think that it's been authorized/inspected by the government "experts"? No.
Do they buy it to support their community through taxes? No.
Do they buy it because they want to inspire that cute little kid with buck teeth to go ... on.. and do something more? That there is so much that can be accomplished in this world? Yes.
Nobody DRINKS that nasty mess!
It's a quarter to inspire someone.
Leave the little kids alone to live their dreams. No one is being forced to buy that crap (lol!)... and the taxes on it would... probably equate to... uhhh... ten cents? I dunno. But, it's certainly not worth crushing some little kids' idea of what he/she can do in this world. |
+10000000000000000000 |
|
|
|
08/30/2012 11:40:54 PM · #16 |
Whadda ya mean, nobody drinks it? I do! Never hurt me.... Oh, wait... Point taken...
|
|
|
|
08/31/2012 02:22:05 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
My gawd, isn't the internet WONDERFUL? |
Hey, the only places remotely close to me are lemonade friendly! :)
I'll see them every now and then here... almost always make a point to stop if I have cash on me. Interesting to look at the distribution on the map as compared to the culture of the regions. Some of the shutdowns sound like they are a bit exaggerated, in that they don't sound like kids with a little stand and a sign. One of them was a family that took part in a city festival of sorts, which I understand why they'd be more anal on the side of permits etc. for.
|
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 08/11/2025 06:13:46 PM EDT.
