It seems that gone are the days where you could hire your neighbor's entrepreneurial go-getter of a child to cut your grass in exchange for money.
Now that summer is here it seems that it is almost a right of passage for the business minded child or teen to create flyers offering their services to help neighbors mow their lawn. Heck, it just isn't summer without the smell of freshly cut grass in the air, but that may all soon change.
It seems that there are sections of this country that feel those kids should have a permit before mowing one blade of grass in exchange for money. As crazy as it sounds it's true. so let's look at the details of this new way of thinking and see if it will soon be affecting your area.
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Mayor of Gardendale, Alabama….needs some heat…?????
Sounds about right
What a shake down!
Follow the $$$
Kids can’t even have a lemonade stand anymore either!
Do I need a permit to wipe my$#%&!@*yet?
WHAT A BUNCH OF BS!
We can all see where this would be an important statistic to enforce before it gets totally out of hand. Unlike the less important murders, robberies, and car thefts…
Ridiculous. Is a teen’s learning to work for his/her money going to cut into lawn services territory? Is the city going to make a significant amount of money from the permits? Are the teens going to have to file income tax returns? There must be some criteria on the books that would protect the young, hard-working youth from being punished for trying to make a few honest dollars. Perhaps there’s a minimum income from the venture before permitting is necessary? As long as there’s not an adult running a complete lawn service in the teen’s name to avoid taxes and permitting, I see only good things coming from youth learning to earn what they get.
All about control and money!
yayyy lets continue to make the youth even more lazy than before! give them another reason to sit in front of their tv playing video games! way to go!
Mr. Trump please stop this stupid stuff.
Get your$#%&!@*money anyway you can and protect your Brother in laws business!
In the late 60’s as a kid I had up to 10 mowing “clients” around the neighborhood, plus haying in the fields, and an evening job at a dairy assisting milking cows, making over $1k a month, which has the same buying power of almost $6k today, then I graduated from high school, went in the Army and my first monthly paycheck was $97!
What is wrong with the world!?!?!? Having done this as a “child” to earn money I would love to hear the explanation of why this is being even considered!!! Or is just another “indicator” of he “sue for damages” atmosphere we have today. Is this another “if the kid gets hurt” the “lawn owners” can be sued? Or “make the city, etc. some extra money” or the kid can be sued for doing a lousy job???????????? Insane.
I am all for any kid who will get out and work to be able to do so without a permit. It beats sitting in front of a video game. We need more people with a worth ethic.
This is total BS. How are kids to earn and learn about the world (no matter how small) of business. The feeling of earning your own money to buy the things they want. I remember selling greeting cards or “white cloveren brand salve” to get “prizes” I really wanted and was so proud of myself for earning things my parents didn’t have to pay for. Now, all you idiot politicians, my advice is, back off the “kid entrepreneurs” they are the future of this country.
Demoncrats
BIG BROTHER = LESS FREEDOM!
Just say you’re doing it for free but still get paid
Probably forced on the population by companies that do yard maintenance. Cannot have ambitious youngsters interferring with licensing fees and commerce. Sounds like the law needs to be modified or representatives replaced.
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People in those states are a special kinduh dumb arent they?
That is just wrong in so many ways. Kids do better when they learn responsibility at a young age and learning the meaning of work to earn a buck instead of it just being given to them can be invaluable. But not letting them do that is rather heart breaking.
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Libtards want paid!
I strongly agree with you Sam.
All they have to do is say they’re not working for profit. Duh.
Why does that word remind me of people like you ?
Um, it would be local code compliance officials who would have to do the actual enforcing of this.
Super unlikely that they would target kids mowing lawns for operating a business without a license.
This would precipitate some pretty ugly city council meetings in short order.
Don’t get all big brother about this. You guys are just falling for the click bait
Oh there you are!!!
what idiot brought this in.
Thos is just plain RIDICULOUS!!!
I mowed lawns, raked leaves, cleaned gutters, pulled weeds all over my neighborhood in the 1970s… had my own money in my pockets!
Those must be jobs Americans won’t do!
Totally stupid
America was built on non-compliance. Our freedom depends on it
The word permit is a means to tax without using the word tax. Insanity is a word for greedy politicians who would force a permit… TAX… on children who are actually willing to earn money. Get rid of these poltitians… they are truly insane…
If the ‘kids’ suggest that their payment be deemed a ‘tip’ instead, nothing can be done, as far as I can see. If there isn’t a ‘written’ contract or receipt, I don’t believe the city, state, or government can do anything! JMHO!
Can totally relate!
That’s messed up, Americans need to shut down these thugs ruining America!!!!! Instead of thumping them on the head, they should be rewarded with free college tuition!!! God help us all.
Under the democracy, liberty must be purchased, under the republic, liberty is promised.
Look at the difference between the republic we pledgd our alegence to, and the democracy(set of laws) that the bankers drew up for us diring civil war times.
Youngsters earning money mowing is a time honored tradition. Leave the kids alone.
THATS BULLSHIT!!!.
Dear government, you already tax the hell out of money the payer paid when they earned it and used it. Are you really that greedy that a kid can’t earn their own spending money? Seriously, what does the average American actually make per dollar these days? $0.10??? And you want to take that from a kid….
this nuts!! how do u them responibity & earn $$ if u punish them 4 trying work !!!
That’s bullshit!!
This is such bull$#%&!@* Leave the kids alone at a summer thing for them to make extra money session by the things that they want this is just bull$#%&!@*To mess with the kids
I remember the police shutting down a seven year old’s lemonade stand because she didn’t have a business license. If she grew up and went on welfare, that would be much better right?? Arrrghhh!
Money grubbing from the “Gov’t” of those states!!!
What’s Democrats got to do with it??
It would have to be a donation. Gov seems to want their part from tips.