James, I would guess she's a freshman or sophomore in high school, not in junior high at age 15.

True. She's at the upper end of the age range, though , no? Don't high school kids usually go into Explorers? When I was coming up, at least, Boy Scouts started at age 11.

The people who would complain that the local scouts are being cheated at a 12% - 17% cut of gross income are generally the same people who would have plurperfect sh*t fits if Exxon profits were that high.

LOL!
Ain't it real....

James,
This one gets my vote for comment of the month.
(Chuckle)

This leaves me to believe the big money would come from Girl Scouts selling Brownies in Thailand.

Get all 57 state attorney generals and Chuck Schummer to make speeches 12 to 14 hours a day against "Big Cookie". Get Judge Jack Weinstein to certify the class action, as all cookie addicted victims have identical health, genetic, lifestyle situations.

Force the Girl Scouts into a multi-billion dollar bankrupting settlement. During bankruptcy, full rights to Thin Mints and Dos-Si-Dos will be sold to George Soros for a couple grand. Soros will then move manufacturing to Cuba where political prisoners can be employed for $2 a year.

I understand that in Thailand, there's an entire industry of some sort premised on that.

I just want her to work for me when she grows up. That is, up till the age of 22 or 23 when she realizes she could easily take over everything.

You would be $2.50 ahead. The local girl scout troop is money ahead. The baker is just as happy. You have also helped in employ someone in a higher than area average wage given their skill set.

The only one who loses out is the girl scout bureaucrats who get bupkis.

Let's follow your comment to the logical conclusion.

Based on the numbers in the article, 30% goes to the baker (some for the box, most for the cookies I would guess). 12-17% goes to the front line organization and thus indirectly to the actual workers. The rest is going to the NGO made up of administrators who aren't on the front line directly doing the purported mission of the organization.

So assuming the local troop getting 12%, this works out to $1.20 to the baker per box. The local troop is getting $0.48 per box. This leaves the faceless bureaucrats in the middle getting $2.32 per box.

I think the girls are seeing less of the capitalist system (in which case they would be buying the boxes from the baker for $1.20, paying $0.40 licensing for the use of the GSA name and collecting $2.40 for the troop) and more of a UN or government system. They aren't giving value for the money (people could buy the cookies for about 1/3 the cost at walmart), the extra money isn't going to who the buyer really think it is supposed to go to (the local troop) and the bureaucrats are collecting the lions share while being sanctimonious about it.