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I'm in Seattle and tune into the local news for weather in the morning. I have to suffer through their lame attempts at propagandizing this issue.

Such as flash polls showing an overwhelming support for the tax "for the children", and quick pans of children playing in a playground.

It makes me red mad.

I and others went into a Mexican retaurant in Lake Chelan last week and we put our extra quarters in a cardboard display for children in need. The cardboard frame contained a simple appeal and seemed genuine. We felt good afterwards. We do alot of giving when the cause appears genuine.

But if I had been "required", forced by government to give that quarter to the restaurant, I would have felt bad about giving, because it wouldn't be giving; it would have been a penalty for my lifestyle choices.

A local talk show host John Carlson ran an interview with the person behind this tax proposal. The guy is a director of a daycare system. He sounded like a total loser. Someone called in and asked why he didn't single out sales of Barbie and Ken dolls, beers at the ballfield and so forth. His response was to the effect "because we didn't".

But the real irritant in this matter is the cheerleading for this tax by the local media. I always knew they were lame, just didn't think they were deliberate in their lies.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, I brew my own Expresso at home and I buy the coffee beans direct from Hawaii (less expensive and much better than supermarket chain coffee). But if this bad tax passes, then in the future for the few times I need purchase Expresso at a local cafe,
I will be carrying exact change and I will take away 10 cents from the cashier and throw it in the tip jar, or better put it in a charity jar if one exists. I'll make the cashier dig it out for the cash register just to make my point.

Hear, hear! I guess that this proves that if you have a successful business in America (say, Starbucks) WE WILL PUNISH YOU!

Say, how do you get those beans direct from Hawaii?

Good points.

Would you mind sharing your Hawaiin source for you beans. I'd be interested in checking them out.

Thanks,

I was at Larry's market at Redmond Town Center. The gentleman next in line bought a pack of cigarettes, it was a little over $6. I told him he had better start voting Republican, the Democrates before long,were going to raise his cigarettes to $10 a pack. I don't care if espresso is 4,6 or 10 dollars a cup, I will not pay a extra 10 cent tax on it. I'm like the guy buying his cigarettes, espresso is my vice and the government should stay out of our pocketbook's.