Yesterday evening, I was talking to my daughter & she mentioned she had to make an appointment soon, to get her eyes & lips touched up. I asked what she had done to them, that they needed to be touched up. (I was thinking Botox.) She explains she now has permanent eye liner & lip liner. I put it together that they’re tattoos & freaked. She explained they aren’t what I’m thinking (the harsh black eye liner from days of old) & it’s enhancement. Not the garbage that so many people are having put on themselves. (She felt the need to take the heat off herself, so she told me to look at a recent picture of my niece, who’s sporting a hideous tribal looking tattoo thing on her arm, that appears in the picture to be homemade & her husband’s name right below it in letters 4″ high. The fact that he’s her 2nd husband wasn’t lost on me. She can’t divorce him unless its for someone with the same name.)
While Angela & I are talking, I’m checking out the headlines on the local news site & see they’re working on a plan to tax candy & soda. Fine. The state needs the income & maybe it’ll keep some kids from inhaling the stuff. I was reading the article & noticed that Hershey’s chocolate bars & M&M’s will be taxed, but Twix & Kit Kat’s won’t. I read on a bit, because to my way of thinking, they’re all candy.
According to the “lawmakers” of Colorado, since Twix & Kit Kat have flour in them (they’re each made up of wafers) they won’t be subject to the tax.
I thought Angela was going to choke. (Why she says anything I haven’t a clue. Her governor is Rick Perry, a joke all by himself.) I was laughing. This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. They don’t have flour, so they’re taxed. We wondered if Snickers would be, since they have peanuts in them, which is a food staple. How about Butterfinger, since it has a crunchy part? Or from when I was a kid, the “Chick-O-Stick” which I think was sugar & flour? And what about the suckers or Tootsie Rolls? Lifesavers?? Gummy bears??? Or Chris’ personal favorite, Reese’s Peanut Butter cups?
We had another thought, after we composed ourselves. What about the kids who work in the corner stores or gas stations? Do they have to know what each kind of candy is made from, before they can ring it up?
And I just found the reason behind all the confusion. The sponsor of this bill is from…… wait for it………
BOULDER!!!!!
That explains it all.