A 13-year-old mowed lawns to save up enough money to buy a hot dog cart. He got licensed. Then he tried to sell hot dogs. The city shut him down.
Why?
Two reasons. First, the good old boys who run local restaurants two decades ago got independent food vendors zoned out. Second, the teachers union got businesses banned for anyone under 18.
He had paid $2,500 for the cart. He sold it for $1,250.
He has just had the finest civics lesson that any public high school kid has received in twenty years in Holland, Michigan. He has seen civil government at work. He has seen how special-interest groups get politicians to feather all their nests.
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2 comments:
Expect to see this on network news.Katie bar the door if he was giving a percentage of his profits to a charity.Then it will seriously hit the fan.
If the government gets involved, it's gonna get screwed up.
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