Posted on 05/17/2012 12:08:28 PM PDT by grundle
Just refuse to pay their stupid fine. Tell ‘em to stuff it.
If the school is a federally run institution, then you have the government sueing itself. So instead of sending the money to the school they can just keep it and it goes into whose pocket.
Somebody pissed somebody off.
$15,000 fine will force cut in Fine Arts program??? Why not cut it from the administrators budget since they were responsible to shut off the machines.
That’s right, there is no way to cut their budget or teachers union budgets.(Sarcasm On)
The fine is ridiculous but at least punish those responsible. I don’t think the Band or Choir is responsible to unplug soda machines.
“It’s going to take a lot of time and patience to fix what the last 3 plus years of Obama and cronies have done!!”
If they get another 4yrs, the damage will be complete and irreversible. America is gone, for good.
$15,000.00 Fine. 20,000 Students?
When I was in HS, the powers that be just removed the soda machines.
So, we used to cut class and walk over to the local quickie mart for a soda.
More often than not, we'd pick up a pack of butts (QM's motto? "Not 18? meh. If your money is green, you can buy this") and have a smoke or two on the way back, as well.
So, instead of having an evil, sugar laden Coca-Cola during lunch (when, most normal people would have one).... we skipped school and smoked.
The dichotomy between Liberal Legislation, and the law of unintended consequences, is endlessly fascinating to me.
What law or regulation and which unconstitutional department is demanding this and or enforcing it?
Seems like a great target for immediate elimination along with every pencil neck government stooge employed therein.
These are the same people who think these kids are mature enough for sex.
good point.
And I’m surprised with peanut allergies they haven’t banned the snickers and other candy with peanuts.
The carnage is irreversible from the Clintoon debacle.
We’re presiding over the fall of western civilization, I’m sad to say!
I think the fine is cumulative over each day the vending machine is turned on, in addition to being based on the number of students.
We need to close the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, not Wal-Mart and Quick Trip!!
Dont give them any ideas.
Hey Chuck and Bob Casey....here's your next bill after the Saverin bill gets passed....'the Wal-Mart and QuickTrip 47 minutes School Lunch Closure Bill of 2012.'
And who are they? Does someone come around inspecting schools to make sure vending machines are turned off every lunch period? We're actually paying someone for something so stupid?
I went back recently and the store is still there.
Bingo. That is the key.
Do not pay your property taxes, income taxes, fines and 'costs', the tax portion of your phone and utility bill[s], "user fees"...the list is endless. The system would be overwhelmed and grind to a halt. If threatened with jail, GO! Do not accept plea bargains; make them spend the dough. When some lazy assed govt. worker tells you "It's the law" or "It's our policy", make them show it to you. As I stated, the possibilities are endless.
Oh, but you might lose your credit rating and your home and your car and your job and your family you say? Our founders lost all that, while some lost their lives to implement this grand experiment.
Shy of using the 4th Box [see tag line], I think this is the quickest and cheapest method of crippling government at all levels.
[And yes, I practice what I preach]
Who's the Solon or Lycurgus responsible for this legislative masterwork?
How was a drink machine sneaked into the school bookstore (school bookstore?) without the knowledge of any relevant school officials?
Reread what you quoted. They knew the machine was there. They didn't know that it was not being shut down when it was supposed to be.
My kids’ school set up a sign on the vending machine that said it cannot be used by students during school hours. Before school is hard to stop, during the day it is used by teachers, after school it is used by everyone. All the school loses is revenue from the sales to students.
So these federal NUMBSKULLS think that forcing a school to reduce music and art classes is infinitely preferable to a coke machine being left on in a school store???
Nanny State PING!
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