A Fight to Decriminalize Cookies (No, Really) Plays Out in Wisconsin
14th January 2016
It is against the law to sell homemade baked goods in Wisconsin. Cookies, brownies, muffins, whatever. Those who violate the law potentially face up to $1,000 in fines and up to six months in jail.
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Wisconsin’s GazetteXtra notes that the Wisconsin Bakery Association also lobbied against the bill, saying that commercial operators “don’t need more competition; we need cooperation from our government!” Well, there wasn’t even a mask to slip off, was there? They are simply saying that the government should protect them from the marketplace, and it doesn’t even occur to them that this is wrong and unconstitutional, or they just don’t care.