I must stop Christmas from coming but how?
The 15 cent sales tax failed, what now?
Shall I have the constitution amended?
Or convince America that by the Christmas tree they are offended.
Posted on 11/09/2011 11:16:12 AM PST by Scythian
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is going to delay implementation and 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 well-trafficked Drudge Report is leading with the story, linking to a blog by David Addington, a former top aide to then-Vice President David Addington, at the conservative Heritage Foundation assailing the president thus: “The economy is barely growing and nine percent of the American people have no jobs. Is a new tax on Christmas trees the best President Obama can do? And, by the way, the American Christmas tree has a great image that doesn’t need any help from the government.”
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At least they were calling it a Christmas tree.
And what about Kwanza Trees?
USDA, just another useless agency that needs to be shuttered. Further, someone needs to tell the Xmas Tree Growers to do their own market research. Evidently they have lobbyists who think that the Feds need to “help” them. Both the government and the growers are a disgrace.
“Obama Administration to Delay New 15-Cent Christmas Tree ‘Fee’”
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Well, somebody’s in a grinchy mood today!
Sheeeshhh!
Starved for attention, huh!
Revisit it? How about let’s not. This is a proposed tax on Christians.
Everybody is looking at this all wrong ..... This will be touted as giving Americans a tax cut.
Oh stupid peasants . . . the tax should have been $15 per Christmas tree, not 15 cents per Christmas tree. Obama will correct this.
Actually, it’s reverse payback because of Lonsberry’s “FUBO” thing...a jack@$$ never fergits!
Little bammy will be on all TV channels tomorrow for 86 minutes bragging about his latest "tax cut."
“Delayed”. Just waiting for the outrage to blow over and move on to some other issue.
Dudden matter to us. We bought a really nice fake tree a couple of years ago. Easy up, easy down, no messes, dropped needles. Plus I do my one good green thing for the year since I don’t practice green! ;-)
So he can raise our taxes without going through Congress but won’t this year?
That’s very big of him.
See - he’s a dictator, but benevolent.
And you guys were worried. :)
Historically, a tax on a product has reduced the demand for a product. For example, glass was not widely used in homes until the tax on glass was reduced in England. I will concede that proposed tree tax is minimal. However, it seems possible the compliance and paperwork that the tree industry will have to provide to comply with the new tax will exceed the revenue brought in from the tax. Next year the tax will probably increase and there will be a new regulations attached to the purchase of trees. Money from the government always has strings attached....and the government rarely gets the bad end of the deal.
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