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Title: Teen Must Get $110 Business License to Cut Lawns for $20
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Reason
URL Source: https://reason.com/blog/2017/06/01/ ... get-110-business-license-to-cu
Published: Jun 1, 2017
Author: Eric Boehm
Post Date: 2017-06-02 05:58:48 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 3580
Comments: 13
Out in the suburbs, cutting grass in the summertime is one of those classic starter jobs, an opportunity for teenagers to get out of the house, make a little money, and gain a little independence. Everyone's got a lawn, no one wants to mow it, and, hey, all these kids don't have anything to do while they're out of school for a few months. Alainna Parris, of Gardendale, Ala., was engaged in that bit of Americana this spring, offering to cut her neighbors' lawns for $20, $30, or $40. She was, that is, until someone working for another lawn service threatened to report her to city officials for cutting lawns without a license, according to ABC 33/40 in Birmingham. A business license from the city costs $110. "One of the men that cuts several yards made a remark to one of our neighbors, 'that if he saw her cutting grass again that he was going to call Gardendale because she didn't have a business license,'" Elton Campbell, Alainna's grandmother, told the television station. "He's coming after a kid when a kid is at least trying to do work. There's kids at home on iPads and electronics and not wanting to go outside," Parris said, according to ABC 33/40. A $110 license might not be a major burden to most businesses, but is probably more than someone cutting lawns for $20 a pop would be able to afford. Alainna says she's working in the summer to pay for "admissions and trips" that she wants to take, but the government's cut will put a damper on that. And, sure, the business license application is just two pages long and doesn't require too much unreasonable information. But then there's the promise (on page two) that "upon receipt of the completed form, the municipality will provide you any additional forms and information regarding other specific requirements to you in order to complete the licensing process." Sounds fun. At least she's getting a good lesson in what it's like to be an adult. When ABC 33/40 asked Gardendale Mayor Stan Hogeland about the complint lodged against Alainna, he said sending someone after a child making extra money over the summer is not a priority, and said he "would love" to have a provision in the city's rules to make it easier for teenagers to make money doing jobs like cutting grass. Would he favor letting them do that without a license? Whoa, now, let's not get crazy. "Maybe a temporary license during the summer months that targets teenagers," he suggests. Eric Boehm is a reporter at Reason. Poster Comment: "One of the men that cuts several yards made a remark to one of our neighbors, 'that if he saw her cutting grass again that he was going to call Gardendale because she didn't have a business license,'" Elton Campbell, Alainna's grandmother, told the television station. misterwhite - were you the asshole who ratted the kid out? Maybe it was nolu spam.Mayor says he wants to fix the problem by creating other types of licenses.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
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You don't need a license to cut grass. Ignore people who pretend you do. Cut the grass anyway. If some asshole complains. Spread diesel fuel over their lawn and kill all their grass.
Aside from that being obvious vandalism and potentially dangerous, the people complaining are not the local residents upset at their neighbors for having an unprofessional yard worker cutting their grass. They are instead the professional lawn care business owners that see these teens as competition cutting into their market, so to speak. By complaining, they keep these kids out of the market, gaining more business for themselves.
Even better, burn down their house. At night. With them inside. If they run out, shoot them. That'll teach 'em.
We see the same thing over and over every year. Lemonade stands competing with licensed businesses, home kitchen operations making burritos competing with heavily regulated and licensed restaurants. You can also have safety and labor law problems. This girl looks to be around 15. But what if you have a 10yo? An 8yo? A 6yo? (And, yes, I once knew someone who let his 6yo son cut grass for money when he was 6yo on a crappy old riding lawn mower way out in the boonies with no one around while Papa was at the local bar. So such hillbilly asshole parents do exist.) I'm kinda surprised that I haven't see any jackboots-persecuting-cute-kids-selling-lemonade stories on FNC this year. These have been a staple of rightwing mutterings for years.
mw: Even better, burn down their house. At night. With them inside. If they run out, shoot them. Seems like a workable solution.
So. Will she work to petition the city to change the law? Will she go door-to- door to get signatures? Nah. It's not that important to her. Just important enough to complain to the local media so everyone will make an exception just for her. She's just a kid ... sniff ... She's just trying to raise money for the homeless and the sick... sniff
Well, hey. A little girl is trying to work and save money for some stuffed animal she wants and some guy comes along who follows the rules, trying to support his family, complains? He deserves to die. Simple as that. And she should be allowed to sell lemonade, too. So there.
Maybe she could sell burritos and lemonade door-to-door from her riding lawn mower, all without a license. And she could have a handgun to shoot anyone who objects. Now that would make America great again.
Be still, my heart.
That'll teach 'em. " Yeah, now your talking. If they are still kicking after shooting them, put a bayonet through their throat. Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Nuts! Good one, hondope.
Well the professional lawn care business owners have a point. These kids are undercutting their competitors by cheaper labor. Now where else have we heard of something like this before? The illegals taking the jobs Americans won't do for cheaper labor. So what's left for those kids as far as making real money? Believe me those kids know but they ain't about to tell you.
#2. To: A K A Stone (#1)
Cut the grass anyway. If some asshole complains. Spread diesel fuel over their lawn and kill all their grass.
#3. To: A K A Stone (#1)
If some asshole complains. Spread diesel fuel over their lawn and kill all their grass.
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
#5. To: misterwhite (#3)
AKA: Spread diesel fuel over their lawn and kill all their grass.
#6. To: Deckard (#0)
Sounds fun. At least she's getting a good lesson in what it's like to be an adult.
#7. To: Tooconservative (#5)
"Seems like a workable solution."
#8. To: misterwhite (#7)
He deserves to die. Simple as that. And she should be allowed to sell lemonade, too. So there.
#9. To: Tooconservative (#8)
Maybe she could sell burritos and lemonade door-to-door from her riding lawn mower, all without a license. And she could have a handgun to shoot anyone who objects.
#10. To: misterwhite (#3)
" Even better, burn down their house. At night. With them inside. If they run out, shoot them.
#11. To: Stoner (#10)
If they are still kicking after shooting them, put a bayonet through their throat.
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#12. To: hondo68 (#11)
#13. To: Pinguinite (#2)
They are instead the professional lawn care business owners that see these teens as competition cutting into their market, so to speak. By complaining, they keep these kids out of the market, gaining more business for themselves.
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