It has been hot in Lincoln this summer. Between the high temps and lots of bored kids sitting around the house, that means it's lemonade stand season. Or at least one would think. I haven't actually seen any lemonade stands around town this summer. Maybe that's because I sit on my backside in my basement working most of the day. There could be stands all over town for all I know.
Back to my point. You see the sad scene on CNN every summer: Little Susie is crying, mom is angry, faceless government agent says he's just doing his job. I'm curious if you know of any would-be entrepreneurs who have ever run into troubles in Lincoln with evil government bureaucrats over a lemonade stand. My impression has always been that the powers that be politely look the other way when it comes to six year-olds with a pitcher and a stack of styrofoam cups. When I was a youngster I used to make a mint selling Kool-Aid and cookies, especially at garage sales. I would like my kids to be able to do the same, if that's the sort of thing they're into.
So do lemonade stands and the like still happen around Lincoln?
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The neighbor kids down the street set up their lemonade table quite frequently. I’ve seen others around town, too.
When I was a kid, I could buy “pop-ice” for about 2.5 cents each…then I put fliers around my neighborhood selling them for 5 cents a piece. I’m not sure if all the work delivering on a bike was work the 40 odd dollars I made on my entrepreneurship that summer (No…I’m not old…”$40” and “when I was a kid” still doesn’t mean a lot of lot)...but I sure a hell didn’t pay taxes! 😊 Maybe I owe the government something!
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