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[h=1]Food Truck Kicked Out of Town for Serving Hurricane Victims Without a Permit[/h]
https://fee.org/articles/food-truck...r-serving-hurricane-victims-without-a-permit/
During times of natural disasters, communities and local businesses come together to provide much-needed necessities to one another. In Green Cove Springs, Florida, Jack Roundtree, owner of the Triple J BBQ food truck, decided to set up shop in front of a restaurant to provide lunch to hungry residents and workers cleaning up in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
For Roundtree, who had operated Triple J BBQ in Green Cove Springs at city-sponsored events in the past, it was an opportunity to provide a much-needed service to residents and those who were hard at work to get the town back up and running. In fact, he was offering utility workers free lunches for all their hard work. And with nearly all of the town’s restaurants closed down due to the storm, he was needed more than ever.
But instead of serving lunch, the police ordered Roundtree to shut down Triple J and leave town. His crime? Operating without a permit.
While obviously this is silly and they should be allowed to help, it's also silly to pretend that Triple J BBQ and friends would provide all the disaster aid needed so that we could just shut FEMA down completely. I don't see Triple J BBQ air lifting ribs into Puerto Rico right now.
While obviously this is silly and they should be allowed to help, it's also silly to pretend that Triple J BBQ and friends would provide all the disaster aid needed so that we could just shut FEMA down completely. I don't see Triple J BBQ air lifting ribs into Puerto Rico right now.
Who said "all"? building strawmen already are we?
Where did the OP suggest FEMA should be shut down? :roll:
Your thread title is "Because without government, who would feed hungry hurricane victims". Pretending that companies' charitable giving could replace the government in disaster relief is nonsense. Yes, this guy should be able to help and it was very honorable for him to try.
The thread title is a parody of the Libertarian meme "Because without the government who would build the roads? *chuckle chuckle*"
I do believe that individuals could do well without government in these disasters, look at harvey and all the private citizens who helped. but that's not the discussion here nor was it the argument I made. The point was and we agree, the government impeded this guy from helping. Thanks for agreeing with the logical position this time.
Just in general, I don't understand this disdain for government as if it's detached from the public. Sure seems like at least one of those laws was lobbied for by local businesses who are afraid of competition. That's not the government's fault. What can they do except enforce the laws that the community enacts? If they have problems with these bad, dumb laws then the people should change them. Problem solved.
I think that the sense and ability to forego some of the rules during a time of emergency would be a better option.
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