Marxism is alive and well in Seattle according to this USA Today report. Activists in Seattle, home of Starbucks coffee, are hoping to pass a 10 cent tax on gourmet coffee to subsidize day care for low income families. This reinforces the cliche that no good deed goes unpunished, in that Starbucks already gives millions of dollars to early learning and childhood development programs.

Dayna Dealy, a Seattle real estate developer who supports the income redistribution plan, quips "the people who drink espresso drinks are in a higher-income group, and 10 cents isn't going to hurt them." Such naivety is common among liberals. Rather than stick a gun in your face and take your money, they empower the government to do it for them.