Beck: As Crackdowns on Lemonade Stands Mount, Kids Will Learn to Acquiesce to Government

The Blaze ^ | 5/23/12 | Tiffany Gabbay

[Nachum]

Last week Glenn Beck discussed the all-encompassing reach of the Nanny State as local officials have been cracking down, not on gang violence or organized crime rings, but on enterprises as innocent as children’s lemonade stands and bake-sales. Whether America’s youth are selling their refreshments for charity, school-funds, or simply for their own mad-money and enjoyment, bureaucrats seem to be hyper-focused on dismantling what was once a cornerstone of the American experience.

If it sounds too outrageous to be true, consider the following stories from around the country and listen to Glenn Beck explain why Big Government tactics like this will only serve to weaken the next generation’s work ethic and make them more reliant upon government (clearly, the intended goal).

In Massachusetts schools, bake-sales were nearly banned by law in a push that officials claimed was intended to battle “childhood obesity.” Fortunately, after enough outrage from parents was generated, Governor Deval Patrick backed down from the planned regulations.

The ban would have prohibited the sale of sweets and baked goods during the school day and 30 minutes before and after the start of classes, but parents and some school officials expressed concern, saying it would hinder raising the cash needed to help pay for school activities.

This is hardly the first (or last) time such an incident has taken place, however.

In Appleton, Wisconsin, two young girls who ran a lemonade and cookie stand every year near their home during the town’s Old Car Show were paid a visit by law enforcement and told they had to shut down. Neither the tears that ensured nor the fact that the stand had been their tradition since they were about three-years-old didn’t faze Big Brother. A city ordinance is a city ordinance, and in what many considered the trademark robotic

[Nachum]

Teach the kids on how to prepared emergency food kits

Great idea!

[Smokin' Joe]

Norman Rockwell was nothing more than a unsophisticated, lowbrow illustrator, according to the artsy-fartsy crowd doncha know

Oh, I know, but most of the people I have known and liked resembled those in his illustrations more than those in Picasso's works, and Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase did nothing to enhance my knowledge of anatomy...

It's good to have 'friends in lowly places'.