7-Year-Old Lemonade Stand Owner Gets Shut Down

What if it was a Muslim selling lemonade? would you have a problem then? Probably. The Laws may be old and need updating, don't crucify the Law enforcement for doing their job. Teach the kid a lesson by teaching her to follow the law. I hate double standards (the standard of right wingers) and if it was someone other than a child and the Law did nothing, all you same people would be crying about that. Give me a break.

wow... racist much Debbie? I would not have a problem if it was a Muslim child selling lemonade. If this was your child, would you have a problem in how it was handled? I should hope so. Children need to learn the value of money and how the world works, but not at the hands of a person who feels they are so high and mighty that they have to threaten a child with a $500 fine! This is ridiculous, but I can't say I'm shocked. The world is full of jerks who just love to rain on someone else's parade, even if it is a child's spirit they crush on the way down.

Just because something is a law, doesn't mean it has to be enforced. That is why you can choose to press charges against someone or not.

They just made themselves look like they have nothing better to do then stalk little children. Come on guys! There is real crime everywhere! Go make yourself useful.

To Gamijo there is no racism in religion shit....That as nothing to do with race there is black muslim white muslimyellow muslim etc...Your are prejudice..

As a restrauntuer I agree with the shutdown. Wether it be any of my daughters or someone elses the laws are there to protect the interest of the public. Even at that since the parents are the ones whom are financing the girls efforts due to her young age they should be the ones responsible for any & all permits licenses & fees required by local county & federal standards. I participate in several fairs & farmers markets. The parents should have taught the child more than just how to buy the product & sell. They should have done more research in order to teach the entire part of running a food or beverage stand. I believe those parents are to blame not the child for not being thorough with the venture.

Let me preface this by saying that I think it is ridiculous that they would shut her down. HOWEVER I fully believe that they 'should' have. See, there are laws in regards to who can sell what. People advocate MADLY for these laws in the hopes that what they put into their bodies will be regulated by the government to 'keep them safe'. And the government wants it's money too. So we have these laws and I certainly think that if it was a 54 year old male selling lemonade- you would probably want to make sure that he was up to health code and that that lemonade wasn't being produced from a roach infested kitchen that was laced with rat droppings. When it is a child- you want to look the other way because of the innocence, etc. blah blah blah. But, the law needs to be applied equally or it is NOT valid and should NOT be a law. Squish- Laws should be enforced or they need to be done away with. If this had been a 'He didn't enforce the law with the white person but did with the Asian' would you still say that 'Hey, those Laws don't ALWAYS need to apply- officers can just pick and choose when it is comfortable or 'appropriate' for THEM.' ? Cont-

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What we are exhibiting by saying 'Hey man, leave her alone you big bully' is agism. The law applies to all, and it should- or it shouldn't exist. While I (again) think it is insane that you cannot sell a little bit of homemade lemonade, or post an ad on Craigslist while unemployed to help people move without being licensed, permitted, etc. etc. up the wazoo, and think that laws should be changed to allow that, it wont happen because people do NOT want to take responsibility for their OWN well being (ensuring that that lemonade stand isn't a health risk) and expect Big Brother to do it. And when he does- he needs to do it EQUALLY.

I don't know what's sadder, the fact that she got shut down, or the comments in this thread supporting it. Obama voters. Geez.

We all have to follow the rules. She could have sold lemonade just outside of the regulated area. When I was a kid and had to do fundraisers, I had to personally ask the store owner whether it was alright for me to sell my chocolate bars outside of their store. My mom didn't think it was ok to let me disregard the rules just because I was cute and 7 years old. And Jenny, you are a real weirdo to think you can determine someone's politics by their opinions on a lemonade issue.