 from bitbitch URL mailto bitbitch URL 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 NUMBER to NUMBER 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 NUMBER 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 NUMBER can tax on diet dr pepper i might have to start buying them in oregon yes i drink that much diet dr pepper 