Lemonade Stand Meme

Did you know the U.S. government has education camps? Neither did I. But Chuck Muth at the Nevada News sees lemonade stands as our weapon against Big Brother:

One of the reasons unemployment continues to be so high today is that our government education camps devote their time and attention to teaching our youth how to be good employees instead of good self-employed entrepreneurs. After all, what if they grow up and, you know, make a profit or something. Oh, the horror!

One of the reasons unemployment is so high is because state governments have been sacking public employees as part of “austerity” measures that gut social services, bust public employee unions, and further the destruction of public education. Also, corporations have been sitting on trillions of dollars, refusing to hire back the people they laid off or new employees, because they found ways to squeeze more productivity out of the workers they kept; now they are starting to hire overseas. It doesn’t help that the recently manufactured debt ceiling crisis put the country’s financial responsibility in question.

But if you remain convinced that setting up lemonade stands is good for your kid’s future prosperity, Muth tells us that August 20th is Lemonade Stand Day! You can learn all about it at lemonadefreedom.com. Says Robert Fernandes, the proprietor of this operation:

Recently, we have seen many news reports of lemonade stands being shut down by police and other government workers. When kids sell things, such as lemonade, they are learning some very important lessons. They are learning about money and about being an entrepreneur. They are also learning how to be a productive member of society. They are learning about responsibility. They are participating in free and voluntary trade with willing participants. Selling lemonade is not a crime.

FTR, no one said it was. But doing so without a permit — like setting up any food business without complying with local regulations meant to protect the public and other businesses — is.