Posted on 11/09/2011 10:24:45 AM PST by Slambat
President Obama’s Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees—the Christmas Tree Tax—to support a new Federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees.
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Seems to me that we once had quite a dustup over taxation without representation. Too bad most Americans would take this lying down and whimpering.
TC
If the Christmas tree has any kind of image problem blame the ACLU.
Uh oh. Now that Christmas trees have a government bureau, the ACLU will claim separation of church and state and we’ll have to call them winter trees.
Speaking of Christmas, last year a Navy captain who works with us gave us an “enjoy your vacation speech.”
To all of you who are Christians, I wish you a Merry Christmas, and the rest of you, you’re welcome for the days off.
Gotta love it when you break free of the PC bs.
And I have a solution for that... donate the equivalent profit and don’t buy a damn tree!
I won’t pay fifteen cents to anybody on the basis of principle. It has nothing to do with the money... this is simply a political gift.
Brilliant Christmas Tree Lobby, just heard it on Rush. Commodity Promotion Act of 1996... brilliant.
EFFFFFF them!!!!
Go cut a Western Red Cedar if you live in the center of the nation. They are a blight.
If you can’t do that save energy... get an artificial tree.
Exactly, like the Tanning Tax, was a tax on White People.
Please tell me this is satire.
Couldn’t this be construed as taxing religion?
Anyone know if prayer rugs are taxed?
>>>I won’t pay fifteen cents to anybody on the basis of principle. It has nothing to do with the money... this is simply a political gift.
Does that principle apply to beef, pork, chicken and eggs as well? Each of these commodities has a similar producer approved and producer paid assessment.
The Chinese made Christmas trees (see the irony -- artifical trees a symbol of Christ's Birth....made in a non-religious country) people will thank the GODLESS MARXIST PRESIDENT that will be moving out in January 2013!!
I'll go out and ILLEGALLY CUT DOWN a tree...
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