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On August 20, 2011, we are suggesting that everyone who has children, who believes in this message, go outside and set up lemonade stands all across the country. Even if you don’t have children, go out and buy some lemonade from a local child’s lemonade stand.
We need to stand up for our kids. We need to send a message to the world. Selling lemonade is not a crime!

Bureaucrats fine little children for selling lemonade without proper government permission.

Recently, we have seen many news reports of lemonade stands being shut down by police and other government workers. When kids sell things, such as lemonade, they are learning some very important lessons. They are learning about money and about being an entrepreneur. They are also learning how to be a productive member of society. They are learning about responsibility. They are participating in free and voluntary trade with willing participants. Selling lemonade is not a crime.

You can make a fortune selling parking spots outside the US Open, but don't even dream of setting up a lemonade stand. A county inspector ordered the Marriott and Augustine kids to shut down the stand they set up on Persimmon Tree Rd, right next to Congressional. And after they allegedly ignored a couple of warnings, the inspector fined their parents $500.

Police closed down a lemonade stand in Coralville, IA, telling its 4-year-old operator and her dad that she didn't have a permit.

YET ANOTHER LEMONADE STAND SHUT DOWN BY THE NAZI PIGS. DON'T THESE FOOLS HAVE ANY REAL CRIMINALS TO ARREST? IS THIS COUNTRY SO FREE OF CRIME THAT THEY NEED TO HARASS OUR CHILDREN NOW? DISGUSTING. I'm sorry for the caps but I am yelling. I'm just sick of this crap!

Regulators shut down 7-year old girl's lemonade stand for failing to get a temporary restaurant license. Local anarchist is organizing a "Lemonade Revolt".

When three girls in Midway, Georgia set up their lemonade stand, they intended to raise enough money to go to the water park. But the ever-vigilant local police quickly identified the girls’ effort as criminal enterprise and shut them down.

Lemonade Freedom Day, will take their raw milk and lemonade to the lawn of the US Capitol to celebrate their right to “voluntary exchange.”

By offering raw milk and lemonade for sale or barter, which is illegal in many places including Washington DC, these mothers and other activists risk criminal charges, and possibly jail.