In a case of crack investigative journalism, Cato's David Boaz gets to the bottom of Starbucks' outrageous policy of not allowing the phrase "laissez-faire" to be printed on their personalized gift cards.
Or rather doesn't get to the bottom of it. He claims it can't be because it's too political because he succeeded in getting a "people not profits" card (Boaz refers to that phrase as a "socialist slogan"). He claims it can't be because it's foreign because he got a "si se puede" card (Boaz refers to that phrase as "The Senator's (Obama) political campaign slogan").
Boaz and his assistant also made two phone calls to Starbucks but failed to get a satisfactory explanation for this outrage against liberty. Now that is exhaustive research my friends. No wonder this got published on the WSJ's editorial page
I'm guessing no one at Cato will use a si se puede or a people not profits gift card, so I am making a generous offer to buy these pariah cards from them at 50 cents on the dollar! Maybe that will ease the sting. Also perhaps Cato could set up a chain of coffee shops that sold laissez faire labeled gift cards and drive freedom-hating Starbucks out of business!
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