SWAT lays seige to treehouse, recovers 20 lbs of sugar
Filed Under (Public Education, Tyranny at home) by Don C on 25-03-2008
More proof that the school systems across the country are run by a bunch of socialists:
With candy sales banned on school campuses, sugar pushers are the latest trend at local schools. Backpacks are filled with Snickers and Twinkees for all sweet tooths willing to pay the price.
“It’s created a little underground economy, with businessmen selling everything from a pack of skittles to an energy drink,” said Jim Nason, principal at Hook Junior High School in Victorville.
This has become a lucrative business, Nason said, and those kids are walking around campus with upwards of $40 in their pockets and disrupting class to make a sale.
Where the hell you been, Mr Nason? Candy sales have been a lucrative business for quite some time. Should be a big spike in sales (and confiscations) this week, eh, Mr Nason? I guess all your special candy agents are in place for maximum enforcement of the candy laws.
Any capitalist knows (even aspiring young junior high capitalists it would seem) that it is not possible to ban a product that is in high demand without creating an intractable enforcement regime. This pattern can be seen occurring over and over again. There is simply no good way to ban things that people want.
But reality doesn’t matter to socialists, especially once a good idea is put into place. No amount of failure can make them stop. What, you think a bunch of politicians and bureaucrats with a cause are going to repeal the failed candy and soft drink prohibition act just because some unruly kids have plugged a market void, do you? Mark my words, a costly enforcement policy will be established including surveillance and severe consequences including suspension for bringing candy to school. Otherwise they can’t tell if their brilliant program is working.
The schools mandate is to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic and not worrying about whether a kid eats too much candy. Here’s an idea, how about teaching the kids that too much sweets are not good for them?
This whole situation is a result of Schwarzenegger’s do-gooder school nutrition BS out in California. Maria Shriver probably told him to do it.
