A few months ago, the federal government created a national marketing program to advertise the virtues of real Christmas trees. It’s funded by a 15-cent surcharge that will be added to the cost of each tree sold. It’s not a tax, Washington insists -- merely a fee that you have to pay.Fifteen cents, people, settle the **** down.
Well then that is a national sales tax.
Fifteen cents, people, settle the **** down.
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The amount means nothing per se.
The ‘problem’ is, they get away with .15 this year, why not .30 next year. By the time it gets to where ‘YOU’ think it is too high, it will be impossible to remove because it is so enrooted.
Think our ‘minimum wage’
Remember the no-smoking rules started as ‘allowing’ a non smoking area in a restaurant to no smoking in outdoor open stadiums.
Like confusioncus(sic) says
The journey of 10,000 miles starts with the first step.
OK genius. You ever hear the expression, "Mighty trees from tiny acorns grow?"
Hasn't been a tax or fee in U.S. history that hasn't had everlasting life under the same law of nature.