[noexcuses]

If promoting fresh Christmas trees is so needed, why don’t growers just create their own organization and cut out the middle man (government)???

[Lurker]

According to the agency, the new board is designed to be an "industry-funded

Then why do they need a tax to support it?

[Darth Reardon]

See the sixth paragraph. They tried, but they need the government to force everyone to pay in.

What we need is a Christmas Tree Czar.