[BenLurkin]

"You can't tax coffee. It just doesn't work," said coffee shop owner Jeff Babcock"

What's that boy smokin'? Has he forgotten that we owe everything to the government, and that the government is giving us a gift when it doesn't tax us?

[IonInsights]

But...it was for the children?

[Phantom Lord]

Clearly, these voters hate children.

[Phantom Lord]

Initiative sponsor John Burbank said people who spend $3 to $5 on coconut mochas or iced vanilla lattes could afford an extra dime for kids. "It's a disappointing vote," he said.

Sane people like myself pay about 3 cents a cup by MAKING IT MYSELF!

[Sabertooth]

Incumbent politicians had best beware in 2004.

There is a populist fury a brewing.

[auboy]

"Now it's time for us to all sit down together and find a robust funding source. If we're serious about ensuring that kids have an equal start in life, we need it."

Why don't they put a "luxury" tax on toilet paper. Now that would be a robust, broad-based funding plan. /sarcasm

[CCRider]

What are these politicos thinking?
Tax on anything is for the support of the taxed.
In other words tax on hunting supplies is for support
of things related to hunting.
Tax on expresso can only be used for support of coffee
or related uses. Coffee has very little if anything
to do with day care.
No taxation without representation.

[HamiltonJay]

Should have done a better PR job on this, it should have been called the STUPIDITY TAX... instead of the coffee tax.. anyone paying $5 a cup for COFFEE needs to be taxed for being that STUPID.

[Muleteam1]

It makes more sense to tax diapers, bottles, playpens, toys and other child-related goods to pay for child-related services? There should be a relationship between goods consumed and government services provided.

Muleteam1

[Hostage]

Damon, a stay-at-home mom, voted for it reluctantly: "I don't think that's the way you fund child care, but something has to be done."

Damon, get a clue. When you decided to have those children of yours, you needed to think about the cost of raising them.

I am glad this tax proposal failed. It frustrates me to no end that people want someone else to pay for their babysitting and daycare. My wife and I have worked exceedingly hard for ten years to prepare a home for our children to come. I would never take a handout unless I was disabled, and only after I exhausted any disability insurance resources.

[CSM]

"The measure referred to the extra cost as a "luxury" tax, a term opponents disliked."

They should have called it a "sin" tax, then it would have passed.

Those sinners drinking that addictive drug caffiene have shown that they are evil and hate children!

[ItsOurTimeNow]

I don't ever recall any tobacco tax hikes being put to vote?

Why are the coffee drinkers given that option, yet smokers are not.

[B Knotts]

"Now it's time for us to all sit down together and find a robust funding source."

Umm...the parents?