OREGON DEMOCRATS WANT TO TAX COFFEE

A Democrat-sponsored bill in Oregon that would tax coffee is meeting with resistance. The bill would impose an excise tax of 5 cents per pound on wholesale transactions of coffee beans and ground coffee in order to fund education programs. It’s estimated the bill would bring in about $2 million annually. Republicans are against the measure as poor public policy, and social media – from the region that made coffee drinking famous – has come out strongly against it.
* Remember the Boston Tea Party? Anybody? Bueller? Anybody?
* Yo, Democrats. This is not how you bounce back after losing congressional seats for eight-plus years.
* Breakfast Blend? Tax and spend!
* Thanks, Obama. Oh – sorry – force of habit.
* Trying to get more bucks out of Starbucks.
* See? Now that politicians are used to that marijuana tax money, they’re looking at everything else.
* Hey, if they really want to stick it to Oregonians, they’d tax granola.
* You know the two most favorite words for a politician? I mean besides “Not indicted.”
* The two most favorite words for a politician are “revenue stream.”
* Oh, and they always say the money is for a good cause like funding education programs. The fat cat deals for their friends come later.