..."On Sunday, a Belleville News-Democrat story featured 11-year-old Chloe Stirling of Troy, Ill., a sixth-grader at Triad Middle School who makes about $200 a month selling cupcakes.
On Monday, the long arm of the law — in this case, the Madison County Health Department — put an end to that.
“They called and said they were shutting us down,” Chloe’s mother, Heather Stirling, told the Post-Dispatch.
Furthermore, Heather Stirling said the officials told her that for Chloe to continue selling cupcakes, the family would have to “buy a bakery or build her a kitchen separate from the one we have.”...
On a happier note, can this be true? 72%?
" Consider this: What's the greatest, most existential threat to the United States—big business, big labor, or big government? In December, a record 72 percent said big government in a Gallup Poll, blowing past business (21 percent) and labor (5 percent). The majorities hold despite politics, but 92 percent of self-identified Republicans cite big government as the biggest threat to the future of America."
If this little girl is consistently making a profit on her cupcakes then IMHO, her business and product have bested the test of caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). If no one is complaining about her product then why is the local health department involved?
She must be a huge threat to local businesses and the health and general well being of the public...
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
otisptoadwater wrote: If this little girl is consistently making a profit on her cupcakes then IMHO, her business and product have bested the test of caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). If no one is complaining about her product then why is the local health department involved?
She must be a huge threat to local businesses and the health and general well being of the public...
Power corrupts, Fred. If we are content to be sheep then even petty piss ant bureaucrats are happy to step up to be sheep dogs. Given the # of threads like this I have started that get no response from the left I guess they are ok being sheep as long as the dog is a d. BTW, your initial response to my pasteurized milk thread was baa baa baa.
Government is always there to protect us from our own decisions. I just went to a chili cookoff at my kid's middle school and sampled at least 20 different amateur non-licensed, non-inspected chillis along with homemade brownies and cookies. Needless to say, I went home with a stomach ache but it was for a good cause. These power hungry bureaucrats always have to keep our decisions in check for our own good and I will always use my own judgment over that of some elected scumbag whenever possible.
If I see a kid with a lemonade stand that hasn't yet been shut down, I will go out of my way to help that kid learn how to be self sufficient and see what it feels like to make your own way... even if I risk getting sick.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
