Teenager not allowed to sell hot dogs now homeless

Yahoo/The Daily Caller ^ | 8/10/12 | n/a

[DemforBush]

Nathan Duszynski, a 13-year-old whose hot dog cart was shut down by city officials in Holland, Mich., is now homeless, along with his disabled parents.

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy first reported the story.

Nathan had saved up money for a hot dog cart to help his parents pay their bills. His mother suffers from epilepsy and his father suffers from multiple sclerosis, limiting their ability to work.

[DemforBush]

The hits just keep coming for this kid and his family. What a crappy deal.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Meanwhile, Obama has never run a hot dog stand or done anything else productive.

[Doogle]

[cripplecreek]

An earlier thread (Different source)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2916935/posts

FR has a surprising number of authoritarian types who seem to favor punishing the “attention seekers”. I’m not one of them.

[mylife]

You Suck Obama!

[LukeL]

Meanwhile, millions of lazy people take their government check and by iPhones, big screen TVs and rims for their hoopties.

[kevcol]

Meanwhile, Obama has never run a hot dog stand or done anything else productive.

Well...he does love to fill his mouth with a weenie every so often.

[ansel12]

How can they be homeless with 2 disability checks and foodstamps?

What happened to the $2500.00 that the boy just earned, selling his cart to Shoreline Container Company 2 or 3 weeks ago?

[Jonty30]

If I had a home to share, I wouldn’t hesitate to open my home to this kid. Anybody who would go to the extent of trying to open a business at thirteen so he could provide for his parents is probably going to be a trouble free kid and family.

[citizencon]

What did Obama say about small business?

[353FMG]

Enterpreneurship has never been part of the socialist mindset.

Don’t be unique, don’t be original, don’t be exceptional.

Become a numbnut member of the herd.

[353FMG]

He runs the USA as if it is a hotdog stand.

Under his presidency it became one.

[the invisib1e hand]

Under his presidency it became one.

Most of the hot dog stands I see around town are turning a profit.

[JimWayne]

From the Article:

Mayor Kurt Dykstra turned down the family’s appeal to city council last week, saying that it was to protect downtown restaurant owners who had asked that the “success of the downtown district not be infringed upon by those who don’t share in the costs of maintaining the attractiveness of that space.”

So this is a case of crony capitalism hurting small businesses.

[cripplecreek]

So this is a case of crony capitalism hurting small businesses.

That's what it looks like to me. The Sporting goods store owner saw a good promotional deal for himself as well but other owners got their panties in a wad over it and went running to government.

[RC one]

And this is what your government calls a “free market economy”. What a joke.

[Graybeard58]

I like your picture, here's another one I like, though it has no relevance to this thread. Feel free to use it wherever appropriate:

[cableguymn]

Cute.. However I am pretty sure any one of them would end up on their butts if they fired the weapon they are holding ;)

I suggest you start um young with a .22 :)

[mylife]

It just makes me mad how the Gov trys to shut down entrepreneur’s.

It’s like 10K for a hotdog stand here.

[mylife]

I made beef chili dogs with cheese and onions tonight.
Who doesn’t love that?