In our country that suffers from an epidemic of murders, shootings, carjackings, and gang violence, the Orwellian police state enforces laws against kids’ lemonade stands.
In the dystopian world of which we live, it has been made illegal for kids to operate lemonade stands without a business license or certified health permit, which could cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars. In the U.S.A, land of the free, you can get fined and even arrested for letting your kids sell lemonade. Some kids have been busted for the terrible crime of…raising money for charity and trying to afford a surgery for their sick parent.
Lemonade stands are a way to teach kids about entrepreneurship and business. But the state wants to nurture dependency and doesn’t like to foster competition. This illustrates how we don’t live in a “capitalist” country and how the most basic and elementary market values don’t exist. Even the smallest business opportunity is overregulated to death by cheeky bureaucrats.
Appleton, Wisconsin
~ Lemonade stand shut down – YouTube
- ~ Cops Bust Lemonade Stand- Appleton, Wisconsin Police Apologize For Mistaken Shutdown – HuffPost
- ~ Police apologize for shutting down Wisconsin lemonade stand – Twin Cities
- ~ Wis. Police Sorry For Shutting Down Lemonade Stand – WCCO – CBS Minnesota
- ~ Wisconsin Assembly approves bill legalizing lemonade stands – Fox 6 Now
- ~ Wisconsin Set To Legalize Children’s Lemonade Stands – WCCO – CBS Minnesota
Ballston Spa, New York
~ Boy’s Lemonade Stand Re-Opens Upstate – YouTube
~ Lemonade Stand In Upstate New York Stirs Controversy – YouTube
~ Lemonade stand legislation – YouTube
~ New York’s Lemonade Law – YouTube
~ Brendan’s Lemonade Stand back open for business in Ballston Spa – WRGB – VIDEO
~ NYS Health Department Shuts Down 7-Year-Old Boy’s Lemonade Stand – CBS New York – VIDEO
~ State apologizes over closure of boy’s lemonade stand – ABC News – VIDEO
- ~ 7-Year-Old Boy Devastated After New York State Launches Full-Out Assault on Lemonade Stand – Western Journal
- ~ Boy’s Lemonade Stand, Shut Down for Lack of Permit, Reopens With Fanfare – The New York Times
- ~ Brendan Mulvaney, age 7, has lemonade stand shut down by New York regulators – Washington Times
- ~ Brendan’s Lemonade Stand back open for business in Ballston Spa – WRGB
- ~ DOH: State closed boy’s Ballston Spa lemonade stand after Saratoga County fair vendors complained – Times Union
- ~ Health Dept Shuts Down 7-Year-old’s Lemonade Stand to Protect Society from Unlicensed Lemonade – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Lemonade-gate! Why a boy’s lemonade stand was shut down by New York – Democrat & Chronicle
- ~ New York health inspector shuts down boy’s lemonade stand near county fair amid vendor complaints, officials say – WTAE 4
- ~ N.Y. Food Police Shut Down a 7-Year-Old’s Lemonade Stand. This Bill Makes Sure They Can’t Do It Again. – Reason.com
- ~ NYS Health Department Shuts Down 7-Year-Old Boy’s Lemonade Stand – CBS New York
- ~ State officials shower 7-year-old with support after shuttering his lemonade stand – ABC News
- ~ State shuts down boy’s lemonade stand after complaint – New York Post
- ~ Upstate Boy Re-Opens Lemonade Stand Previously Shuttered By Inspector – CBS New York
Denver, Colorado
~ Advocacy group aims to make it easier for kids to sell lemonade – YouTube
~ Kids’ Lemonade Stands Now Allowed Without Permit In Denver – YouTube
~ Lemonade stand bill has bipartisan support – YouTube
~ Mother To Advocate For Kids Lemonade Stands In Denver – YouTube
~ Shut Down Of Boys’ Lemonade Stand Serves As Lesson – YouTube
~ Stapleton neighbor calls police on boys’ Memorial Day lemonade stand – YouTube
~ The Lemonade Boys: LIVE on CNN HLN with Michaela! June 12, 2018 – YouTube
~ Bill to legalize lemonade stands, other kid businesses making its way through CO legislature – The Denver Channel – VIDEO
~ Charity lemonade stand shut down for lack of permit – Fox News – VIDEO
~ Child’s Lemonade Stand Shut Down For Lack Of Permit – CBS Denver – VIDEO
~ Lemonade stand shut down by police now being welcomed by local businesses – 9news.com – VIDEO
~ There is now a law that helps protect kids operating lemonade stands in Colorado – 9news.com – VIDEO
- ~ After shut down in Denver, lemonade stand raises nearly $3K in Colorado Springs – KKTV 11
- ~ Beverage outlaws or just kids being kids? Lemonade stands in Denver are illegal without a permit, but a Stapleton mom is taking on the system – Denver Post
- ~ Bill to legalize lemonade stands, other kid businesses making its way through CO legislature – The Denver Channel
- ~ Child’s Lemonade Stand Shut Down For Lack Of Permit – CBS Denver
- ~ Denver Police Shut Down Children’s Lemonade Stand for Not Having Permit – Brietbart
- ~ Grown-Ups Fight for Children’s Right to Sell Lukewarm Lemonade – WSJ
- ~ Kids’ Lemonade Stands Now Allowed Without Permit In Denver – CBS Denver
- ~ Lemonade stand shut down by police now being welcomed by local businesses – 9news.com
- ~ Mother To Advocate For Kids Lemonade Stands In Denver – CBS Denver
- ~ Neighbor in Colorado calls police on boys’ Memorial Day lemonade stand – WCPO 9
- ~ Person calls police on Denver boys’ Memorial Day lemonade stand – The Denver Channel
- ~ Soured by Denver lemonade stand incident, Colorado could allow kid entrepreneurs to operate permit-free – Colorado Sun
- ~ Sweet victory: Lemonade stands legalized in Colorado – Washington Examiner
- ~ There is now a law that helps protect kids operating lemonade stands in Colorado – 9news.com
- ~ Two police officers approached us and told us that we needed three permits to operate a lemonade stand – Governing
Homewood, Alabama
~ Homewood child helping pay for her brain surgeries by selling Lemonade – YouTube
~ Girl, 7, Helps Pay for Her Brain Surgeries With Lemonade Stand – NBC New York – VIDEO
- ~ 7-year-old Alabama girl sells lemonade to help fund her brain surgeries – Fox News
- ~ 7-year-old Alabama girl helps to fund her own brain surgery – AP
- ~ 7-Year-old Liza Scott Sells Lemonade to Fund Her Own Brain Surgery – Jezebel
- ~ Girl, 7, Helps Pay for Her Brain Surgeries With Lemonade Stand – NBC New York
- ~ Seven-year-old sells lemonade to fund her own brain surgery – New York Post
Kankakee, Illinois
~ Kankakee Girl Is Determined After Officials Shut Down Lemonade Stand – CBS Chicago
Midway, Georgia
~ POLICE STATE 2011- Police Chief Shuts Down Children’s Lemonade Stand – YouTube
- ~ 3 girls busted for illegal lemonade stand. Three girls trying to raise money to go to a waterpark thought that a lemonade stand would do the trick. But then they met the long arm of the law — their local police chief – NBC News
- ~ Ga., Police Shut Down Kids’ Lemonade Stand
- ~ Georgia Police Close Girls’ Lemonade Stand – Fox News
- ~ Georgia Police Shut Down Illegal Lemonade Stand – American Cowboy Chronlicles
Montgomery County, Maryland
~ Maryland County Shuts Down Lemonade Stand – YouTube
~ POLICE STATE – Children’s Lemonade Stand Shut Down & Fined $500 By County Officials – YouTube
~ Drink up: Maryland bill looks to loosen regulations on kids’ lemonade stands – wusa9.com – VIDEO
- ~ $500 fine for lemonade stand – UPI.com
- ~ Children’s Families Fined $500 For Operating Illegal Lemonade Stand – HuffPost
- ~ County shuts down kids’ lemonade stand, fines parents $500 – 99.3-105.7 Kiss FM
- ~ County To Allow Lemonade Stand; $500 Fine Waived – Bethesda News
- ~ Drink up: Maryland bill looks to loosen regulations on kids’ lemonade stands – wusa9.com
- ~ Kids’ lemonade stand raising money for pediatric cancer charity shut down by inspectors in Maryland – New York Daily News
- ~ Kids’ Lemonade Stands Could Soon Be Deregulated In Maryland – NPR
- ~ Lawmakers Working On Bill To Allow Lemonade Stands In Maryland – CBS Baltimore
- ~ Lemonade Stand Gets Squeezed – WSJ
- ~ Montco Allows Kids’ Lemonade Stand to Stay Open – NBC4 Washington
- ~ Maryland legislators hope to sweeten lemonade stand restrictions – WTOP
- ~ Montgomery tries to put the squeeze on lemonade stand – The Washington Post
- ~ Opinion – It’s time for Maryland to stop criminalizing kids’ lemonade stands – The Washington Post
Portland, Oregon
~ Apology After Girl’s Lemonade Stand Shut Down – YouTube
~ County chair issues apology after 7-year-old’s lemonade stand is shut down – YouTube
- ~ Health inspector shuts down 7-year-old’s summer lemonade stand – New York Daily News
- ~ Inspectors Shut Down Girl’s Lemonade Stand – CBS News
- ~ Lemonade Stand Shut Down by Food Inspectors; County Chair Apologizes – CBS News
- ~ Oregon County Apologizes to 7-Year-Old Girl After Saying She Can’t Have Lemonade Stand – Fox News
- ~ Portland girl not bitter after lemonade-stand stir – The Seattle Times
- ~ Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate – oregonlive.com
- ~ Sorry, Kid- No License, No Lemonade – The New York Times
- ~ Zealous Health Inspector Busts Ore. Girl For Unlicensed Lemonade Stand – NPR
Stapleton, Colorado
- ~ Harsh lesson in regulation for boys running lemonade stand – Fox News
- ~ Neighbor in Colorado calls police on boys’ Memorial Day lemonade stand – FOX 4 Southwest Florida
St. Louis
Texas
~ Lemonade Bootleggers Shut Down – ABC News – VIDEO
~ Texas police shut down girls’ lemonade stand, demand permit – ABC13 Houston – VIDEO
~ Girls Receive Support After Police Shut Down Lemonade Stand – YouTube
~ Little Girl’s Lemonade Stand Shut Down By Texas Cops For Not Having A Permit – YouTube
~ Texas Police Tell Girls’ Mom Their Lemonade Stand Is Illegal Without Permit Video – ABC News – VIDEO
- ~ E. Texas police shut down girls’ lemonade stand, demand permit – KLTV 7
- ~ Police shut down girls’ lemonade stand, demand permit – Fox 8 Cleveland WJW
- ~ Police Shut Down Little Girls’ Lemonade Stand Due To ‘No Permit’ – Scary Mommy
- ~ Police shut down girls’ lemonade stand, demand permit – Fox 8 Cleveland WJW
- ~ Police video shows officer questioning about lemonade stand permit – KLTV
- ~ Texas cops shut down kids’ ‘illegal’ lemonade stand – CNNPolitics
- ~ Texas Kids Told ‘It’s Illegal’ to Sell Lemonade Without a Permit – ABC News
- ~ Texas police shut down girls’ lemonade stand, demand permit – ABC13 Houston
Protest in Washington D.C.
~ Arrested for Selling Lemonade – YouTube
~ Children defy police in Washington, purchase lemonade at Capitol – YouTube
~ POLICE use excessive force on children selling lemonade – YouTube
Comedy
~ Comedy – Cops shut down little girls Lemonade Stand – YouTube
News Articles
- ~ Bureaucrats Shut Down Your Kids’ Lemonade Stands- Country Time Will Pay the Fines. – Reason.com
- ~ Cities Crack Down On Kids’ Lemonade And Cookie Stands – Off The Grid News
- ~ Lemonade-Stand Crackdown Continues Cops Make Girls Cry From Georgia to Wisconsin – Reason.com
- ~ Lemonade Stands & Government Overregulation Killing Entrepreneurship & Fundraising – National Review
- ~ Lemonade Stands Are Illegal In 35 States Because We Can’t Have Anything Nice – Scary Mommy
- ~ Lemonade Stands Are Apparently Illegal In Most Of The United States – Delish
- ~ Summer Has Arrived with the Annual Shutting Down of a Kid’s Lemonade Stand – Reason.com
- ~ The Inexplicable War on Lemonade Stands – Forbes
- ~ The Lemonade Menace: Lemonade Stands & Government Overregulation; Killing Entrepreneurship & Fundraising – National Review
- ~ The Yellow Menace – National Review
- ~ When Lemonade Is Illegal… – Reason.com