[Reese Hamm]

But this wasn't a tax imposed on individual Christmas trees at the point of sale or otherwise. The Christmas tree growers saw their business slipping away to artificial tree market. They got together and agreed to contribute to a fund that the Ag Dept would use to promote live trees. Farmers who grew or imported less than 500 trees were exempt; those growing or importing 500 or more trees would contribute 15 cents per tree to the fund. It was a program they spent over three years working on and now, just when their selling season is switching into high gear, that advertising they hoped to capitalize on is on hold.

We want businesses to grow and here you have an industry trying to do that and they get slapped in the face because a few people just read an "Obama's Taxing Christmas" headline and went off half-cocked and didn't bother to find out the details.

I'm not in the business but I grew up in an area with several farms. They are solid Christian conservatives and they are heartsick that three years of effort is now down the drain because someone slapped Obama's name and "tax" on something that don't have a thing to do with either.

[American in Israel]

How about next time they don’t use the guns of Goverment to create a tax, but just fund the effort themselves.

Besides, if you give the government a dime, in a few years you will be paying dollars in non compliance to the new 1000 page christmas tree tax reform bill.

[Gilbo_3]

thats the best you can do ???

maybe youre on the wrong forum, as most around here dont seek the monsters help in cuttin their own throats...