No good deed goes unpunished by bone-headed regulators. From Tallahassee, Fla.:

A 10-year-old girl who wanted to open a lemonade stand to raise money for tsunami victims saw her plan hit a brick wall, thanks to government regulations.

All 10-year-old Carolyn Lipsick wanted to do was help kids hurt by the tsunami, because, she says, “you can’t just think of yourself, you have to think of other people.”

When her mom called the city of Miami Beach to find out what to do about getting a license, the answer wasn’t promising: There is a roadside-vendor ban in Miami Beach.

“I got really, really mad,” said Carolyn.

Here’s the rest of the story.

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