Empowering Young Entrepreneurs

Objective: To remove bureaucratic barriers that hinder children from starting and operating their own small businesses, fostering entrepreneurship and financial literacy from a young age.

Background:
In many jurisdictions, children face numerous regulations and bureaucratic hurdles that limit their ability to engage in simple entrepreneurial activities, such as setting up a lemonade stand. These restrictions can discourage creativity, innovation, and the development of essential life skills.

Proposed Policy Changes:

  1. Eliminate Permits for Small Scale Ventures:
  • No permits or licenses should be required for children under a certain age (e.g., 16) to operate small, temporary businesses, such as lemonade stands, bake sales, or yard sales.

Expected Outcomes:

  • Increased financial literacy and practical business experience among children.
  • Greater community engagement and support for young entrepreneurs.
  • Encouragement of creativity and innovation among youth.
  • Strengthening of the local economy through diverse, small-scale businesses.

Conclusion:
By reducing bureaucratic barriers and promoting entrepreneurship among children, we can empower the next generation to develop essential skills, foster creativity, and contribute positively to their communities.

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this should fall under Common Decency, and shouldn’t even need to be a law, but I would support this!!!

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You’d think but I was in New York when Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered the shutdown of a children’s lemonade stand…

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Yeah, people have gone off the rails.

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