From fork-admin@xent.com Mon Sep 23 23:34:24 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D98A16F03 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:34:23 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:34:23 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8NMMxC05277 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:22:59 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 500DD2940EF; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:19:08 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from mail.evergo.net (unknown [206.191.151.2]) by xent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id CFD6D29409A for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:19:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 15673 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2002 22:22:40 -0000 Received: from dsl.206.191.151.102.evergo.net (HELO JMHALL) (206.191.151.102) by mail.evergo.net with SMTP; 23 Sep 2002 22:22:40 -0000 Reply-To: From: "John Hall" To: "FoRK" Subject: RE: Re[2]: Goodbye Global Warming Message-Id: <001a01c2634f$bb54d3a0$0200a8c0@JMHALL> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: <13434889868.20020923174444@magnesium.net> Importance: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:22:41 -0700 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: > From: bitbitch@magnesium.net [mailto:bitbitch@magnesium.net] > > Burbank says the tax would reach only a pre-selected group of > consumers who are wealthier than those who drink drip. So, he's been > pitching it as a modern-day Robin Hood tax, where the needy get a dime > every time the affluent spend $3 to $4 on an espresso. The people who pour the espresso aren't rich. An interesting issue might be how it affects employment. Still, it is a 1% or less sales tax. That might not make that big of a difference. The costs of tracking revenue and collecting the tax might be onerous. Worse than the cost of the tax itself. Me: I hate coffee anyway. But if they put a $.10/can tax on Diet Dr. Pepper I might have to start buying them in Oregon. (Yes, I drink that much Diet Dr. Pepper).