Bureaucrats Crush Kids' Lemonade Stand With $500 Fine
by Dave Blount
Suburban Washington may not be the best place for kids to take up capitalism:
A [Montgomery County, Maryland] inspector ordered the Marriott and Augustine kids to shut down the stand they set up on Persimmon Tree Rd., right next to Congressional [in Bethesda]. And after they allegedly ignored a couple of warnings, the inspector fined their parents $500."This gentleman from the county is now telling us because we don't have a vendors license, the kids won't be allowed to sell their lemonade," Carrie Marriott told us, her voice trembling.The kids can't seem to understand it.County bureauweenies don't ban all economic activity. For $300, you can get a permit to let US Open fans park on your lawn. So long as Big Government is well paid for allowing us to go about our own lives on our own property, everything is copacetic. But county officials don't stand to make much off little kids' lemonade stands.
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