Jay over at MArooned shows us yet again that the reason people don’t help one another today isn’t because they’re selfish, it’s because doing so brings the violence of the state upon them:
A Pennsylvania woman who offers free lunch every day to low-income children in her neighborhood faces a $600-a-day fine next summer if she continues because she did not clear the food giveaway with township officials.
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Chester Township, which has a per capita income of $19,000 a year, says Prattis lives in a residential zone, hence handing out food to children is not allowed. The township says she needs to go before a zoning board to ask for a variance, which would cost her up to $1,000 in administrative fees.
If you want to help your neighbor it’s going to cost you… unless you do it under the table. Break the law, help your neighbors through the wonderful world of agorism!
I don’t get the state why punish people doing your job for you, just don’t let word get out that your lazy ass is no longer needed.
Because the state likes to maintain its monopolies.