Government Shuts Down 11-Year-Old’s Cupcake Business

[mrjarrell]

If it's not a lemonade stand then it's a little girls cupcake business. I remember, not too long ago when lots of people baked and sold cakes, cookies and cupcakes from their homes. Not in Illinois and many other places, these days. The insanity never stops where statists are concerned.

Government Shuts Down 11-Year-Old?s Cupcake Business | The Libertarian Republic

 

[steveh_131]

You have no right to a beautiful cupcake stand.

 

[jagee]

 

[Steve B]

How else are you going to teach them that you don't have to work for your money. Your government will provide you with what you need.

 

[hoosierdoc]

well, she didn't build the sidewalk or the roads that her customers used to get there. Government did that. She didn't print the currency that they used to purchase the cupcakes, government did that. I'm so tired of small business owners lying and saying that they build their companies all by themselves. We as a nation wouldn't even exist if it weren't for government spontaneously imposing itself on us. Good on them for continuing to regulate us.

 

[BogWalker]

Another entrepreneurial spirit crushed. Just what America needed.

 

[hornadylnl]

She could be poisoning people with her cupcakes. Without and FDA inspection, how would we know?

 

[dmarsh8]

How else are you going to teach them that you don't have to work for your money. Your government will provide you with what you need.

Pretty much what I was thinking. Early education of the sheep.
And ya hornady, it definitely must pass inspection.

 

[Smokepole]

You aren't allowed to do anything that outside your home without the Gubmint saying that it is okay. ESPECIALLY if it benefits you and/or a charity. This continuing/growing oppression by our Government has long since crossed over into the realm of the ridiculous. AND NEEDS TO BE STAMPED OUT AT THE POLLS.

 

[ViperJock]

You aren't allowed to do anything that outside your home without the Gubmint saying that it is okay. ESPECIALLY if it benefits you and/or a charity. This continuing/growing oppression by our Government has long since crossed over into the realm of the ridiculous. AND NEEDS TO BE STAMPED OUT AT THE POLLS.

I wish it could be.

 

[SSGSAD]

Another entrepreneurial spirit crushed. Just what America needed.

And, bho, just said, last night, that he wanted MORE JOBS .....

 

[BehindBlueI's]

. “A rule is a rule,” smirking department spokeswoman Amy Yeager told KMOV.

Article seems fair and balanced.

 

[Classic]

The 50s and 60s were such a terrible time to grow up - before the government started really taking care of us. Amazing anyone survived it.

 

[poptab]

What a heartwarming story.

 

[IndyDave1776]

The solution seems obvious albeit a rule violation to post.

 

[rambone]

She learned a valuable lesson about following your dreams in America.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

The problem isn't that its an 11 year old, the problem is the regulation itself. The requirement for a commercial kitchen very much keeps the little guy (or gal) out. A friend's wife opened a bakery on Mass Ave and discovered she made way more on wedding cakes than on cupcakes and the other little things she sold in the store. With the storefront, with the taxes, rent, and assorted fees, she was basically breaking even each month. The Super Bowl came to town and she lost money, drunks don't buy a lot of cupcakes, apparently.

Anyway, she folded the shop and was going to just do catering and wedding cakes...and ran into the same problem as our 11 year old here. She ended up renting space in a commercial kitchen, and then because it was such a PITA decided she'd either go under the table or fold up shop.

In the end, this cost two people their job, a landlord his tenant, the city a taxpaying small business, and me a handy source of cupcakes. Health departments have overgrown their intent over the years. I've eaten meals around the world, some in highly regulated places, some in places where if you've got a cart, a fire, and a chicken you're a restaurant. I never noticed much difference in how likely I was to get sick. Plus you see the back of restaurants state side, and its foolish to believe that announced inspections every few years are really making much difference or that they are any cleaner than a home kitchen.

 

[ATOMonkey]

She could be poisoning people with her cupcakes. Without and FDA inspection, how would we know?

Funny thing about the FDA, they don't actually do any of their own testing until people start getting sick/dieing.

They typically rely on the company producing to do its own testing. All the FDA does is audit the paperwork.

 

[steveh_131]

You have no right to use your cupcakes as weapons.

 

[buckstopshere]

The problem isn't that its an 11 year old, the problem is the regulation itself. The requirement for a commercial kitchen very much keeps the little guy (or gal) out. A friend's wife opened a bakery on Mass Ave and discovered she made way more on wedding cakes than on cupcakes and the other little things she sold in the store. With the storefront, with the taxes, rent, and assorted fees, she was basically breaking even each month. The Super Bowl came to town and she lost money, drunks don't buy a lot of cupcakes, apparently.

Anyway, she folded the shop and was going to just do catering and wedding cakes...and ran into the same problem as our 11 year old here. She ended up renting space in a commercial kitchen, and then because it was such a PITA decided she'd either go under the table or fold up shop.

In the end, this cost two people their job, a landlord his tenant, the city a taxpaying small business, and me a handy source of cupcakes. Health departments have overgrown their intent over the years. I've eaten meals around the world, some in highly regulated places, some in places where if you've got a cart, a fire, and a chicken you're a restaurant. I never noticed much difference in how likely I was to get sick. Plus you see the back of restaurants state side, and its foolish to believe that announced inspections every few years are really making much difference or that they are any cleaner than a home kitchen.

Agreed! I've eaten what would be considered questionable food several times in different parts of Mexico and I didn't get sick. Tequila got me drunk as hades but that's neither here nor there.

My my wife makes cupcakes at home. Our kitchen doesn't have a commercial oven. We've never gotten sick not any of the friends and family that eat them.

AT THIS POINT WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE where the cupcakes are made!?!?!