Neighborhood lemonade stands have for generations served as a training ground for budding young capitalists. Boys and girls eager for their first taste of success have recently watched their dreams dissolve as rulebook-toting authoritarians demand little Timmy and Sally show their permits and papers or face the wrath of the state. Americans are fed up with this nonsense. It’s time for a little lemonade liberation. On Aug. 20, over a hundred people have so far pledged to gather on the Capitol’s west lawn to protest the petty bureaucracy that thinks threatening children with fines is a proper use of taxpayer resources. The organizers promise that they are ready to go to jail for the ultimate act of civil disobedience: offering a refreshing cup of lemonade on a sultry afternoon on the nation’s front lawn for 10 cents. Close to 2,000 have signed up on Facebook for nationwide pro-lemonade events after a father of two set up a page advertising “Lemonade Liberation Day.” Organizer Robert Fernandes expected just a few of his friends would be interested, but in just a week his lemonadefreedom.com website has attracted far more attention than he expected. “I basically just put it out there and it took off,” the father of two told The Washington Times. “To me, something as simple as a lemonade stand is an important thing for a young child. It teaches them a really big lesson in life - setting goals and seeing a project through.” Mr. Fernandes has charted incidents where police and code inspectors were dispatched to stop kids from selling lemonade, cookies and similar treats in California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas and Wisconsin. “I think that’s the wrong message to send kids,” he said. “It’s telling them just go in the back and play video games. Don’t be a productive member of society. We don’t need you.”...more
In the most recent case they shut down the lemonade stand of a four year old girl in Iowa for "health reasons".
For a detailed map of where this is happening across the U.S. go to The Government War On Kid-Run Concession Stands and Facebook users can sign up at Lemonade Freedom Day.
One fight for freedom started over tea. Will the next revolution be over lemonade? I wouldn't doubt the Lemonade Liberty Brigade is already meeting in some tavern.
Below is a video from Reasontv and a video news report from Georgia
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This is Christine Gordon, co-conspirator for the Lemonade Liberation Day on the Capital's west lawn. Thank you for the support! At our next mysterious tavern meeting (our facebook event page serves as our 'tavern' in these great days of technology overload), I will share this link. Our hope is to show, as wild as we hoodlums are, that the government has far overstepped their boundaries. Some people ask me "Why all of this over a few lemonade stands??" I think Mr. Robert Fernandes has done the ground work and research to show us that "just a few" doesn’t cut it when trying to describe who has been affected by the tyrannical shut downs. I also ask you to ponder, "what next will the government try to control?". I hope to see all of you freedom loving activists out and about and purchasing a cup of $.10 lemonade on August 20th. If you can not find a local event on Roberts website, www.lemonadefreedom.com, please contact him about starting one of your own! Robert also has information on what to do if you get caught sans permit and are threatened by the cops. Thank you everyone for the support, its time for a little liberation! :)
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