This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Friday, September 8th, 2017.

I'm Caleb Brown.

Utah has taken an unusual step to keep kid-owned businesses from being ensnared in government

requirements for licenses and other regulation.

The state's solution?

Almost no regulation at all.

Connor Boyak is the founder of the Libertas Institute in Utah.

We spoke at the State Policy Network annual meeting last week.

We all see these examples of young people, we're talking very young people, people in the single digits if you will, who are, they got a business,

typically a poorly assembled lemonade stand or maybe they're mowing lawns, maybe they're doing something

like that, and the police will shut them down over what amounts to a permit.

Yeah, that's precisely it.

And oftentimes an expensive permit.

These little five-year-olds are being told they have to go pay 150 bucks or 400 bucks in one case.

You know, certainly they're not going to make enough profit from their... or 400 bucks in one case.

You know, certainly they're not going to make enough profit from their business to do that.

In some cases these objections are health-based.

They'll say, well, you need a health inspection.

We need to make sure that your lemonade is not, you whatever, but in many cases it's just a standard business permit.

They just are supposed to go to the city, fill out a farm, and pay them money for the blessing and privilege of working.

The nice thing about these stories is that they resonate with them. for the blessing and privilege of working.

The nice thing about these stories is that they resonate with people.

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