Agriculture Department Imposes Christmas Tree Tax

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Mevara

Agriculture Department Imposes Christmas Tree Tax


This really ticks me off. The government should not be getting involved with this. This is ridiculous!!! As it says in the article "it's inappropriate for the government to be putting its "thumb on the scale," helping out the fresh-tree sellers and not the artificial-tree sellers."

This plan is from April, 2008. It was a Bush plan.

Stop spreading misinformation - the intent is to HELP the non-artificial Christmas Tree industry, not hurt it. It's less than 1% on what a regular tree costs (somewhere in the neighborhood of $20) and is intended to help in the same way the "Got Milk" campaign (also funded through a similar effort) helped the dairy producers of the country.

[Mevara]

Originally Posted by agzg

This plan is from April, 2008. It was a Bush plan.

Stop spreading misinformation - the intent is to HELP the non-artificial Christmas Tree industry, not hurt it. It's less than 1% on what a regular tree costs (somewhere in the neighborhood of $20) and is intended to help in the same way the "Got Milk" campaign (also funded through a similar effort) helped the dairy producers of the country.

I never said it was a Bush/Obama plan. I just happened to get the information from a source that pinned it on Obama; I would be just as upset if Bush had passed this.

I also don't agree with the tax on milk going to promote their products.