Posted on 11/09/2011 1:47:14 PM PST by Driftwood1
In the face of a national outcry, the Obama administration has decided to delay its Christmas Tree Tax—first reported here on the Foundry—though they haven’t said till when (presumably until the criticism blows over). ABC’s Jake Tapper reports:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is going to delay implementation a revisit a proposed new 15 cent fee on fresh-cut Christmas trees, sources tell ABC News. The fee, requested by the National Christmas Tree Association in 2009, was first announced in the Federal Registry yesterday, and has generated criticism of President Obama from conservative media outlets. The program, which would have levied a 15-cent tax on “all sales of fresh Christmas trees by sellers of more than 500 trees per year” has been roundly criticized, including by several members of Congress. In a statement, Senator DeMint promised to push for a full repeal of “the single stupidest tax of all time”.
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I LOVE IT.
Muzzies love to implement jizyah taxes on the infidel.
I know Obama doesn't give a hoot about Christians but he does need their votes.
Damned well better recall it. We’ll be calling for a Christmas Party Rebellion!!
I wonder if this is really true, or if somebody in the gubbermint jogged their elbow first. In any case, if true, it's an instance of crony capitalism at its worst. And it doesn't help that Obama and his family NEVER OBSERVE CHRISTMAS and don't even give their children Christmas presents. Eid, yes. Christmas, no.
Get the government to collect some money from all your competitors in the name of "helping" the industry with an unaccountable bureaucracy that you'll be in charge of.
Sounds like the kind of jizya tax muslims put on non-muslims in their countries.
howa bout a tax on all americans participating in the Haj? think that would fly?
Oh I hope they don’t drop it - not that I’m for any new taxes but this one is so pathetically stupid it is funny
They’re only giving up because there are other sources these days besides the MSM. They were rightfully called out and embarrassed by the release.
Is it a Christmas tree before ornaments or lights are put on it? What if there are no Christian symbols like angels or crosses, is it still a Christmas tree?
and what is the left hand doing while we are being distracted???
Did this tax each pine tree that is made into lumber?
If it didn't that tells how bold 0bama has become.
The muzzies are coming out of the closet.
We need a Halloween Costume Tax too!
This has so many possibilities:
A tax on yarmulkas.
A tax on prayer beads and crucifixes
A tax on alter candles
A tax on prayer rugs
A tax on anything goth
A tax on pentagrams
A tax on anything made to serve some religious need.
This group of Christmas tree growers had worked on this project for over three years. It's the same program used by the National Cattlemen's Association's "Beef, it's what's for dinner" campaign and the dairy farmers' "Got Milk?" campaign.
Good find. I remember the “Got Milk” campaign. Very effective. I just assumed it was the dairy farmers’ association that produced the ads, not the Agriculture Department.
I find it very disturbing that the government should get involved in such ad campaigns, and pay for them with taxes or “fees.”
To me, it's their money...and if they want to give it to the government and trust it to spend the funds appropriately, well that's their business.
I’m pretty sure you can get the Beef marketing fee refunded if you ask for it.
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