Reply #55: Poor reasoning [View All]

[joe mondo]

>> How dare they try to oppress the needy espresso drinkers with
>> their 10 cent tax! The children should just sell lemonade to
>> pay for their schools!

It's really too bad that there are people who use such inadequate reasoning that this is the only conclusion they can come up with.

The espresso tax would have burdened small businesses MUCH moreso than any espresso drinkers. And of all espresso beverage purveyors it would have LEAST impacted the big companies like Starbucks that could most easily absorb the associated expenses.

Seattle has consistently come up with intiatives for increased tax support for human services, and has a stellar track record of voting those taxes into being.