Christmas Tree Farm Sign - Obama Tax May Make Breathing a bit more Pricey! Image go new england dot com
Update: Change of heart - Administrations heart grew one half size today: ABC News Reports, there will be a delay in taxing Christmas Trees....
When one considers taxing items, the last item one would tax might be a Christmas Tree – not so for the Obama Administration. From the Department of Agriculture Federal Registry this week:
SUMMARY: This rule establishes an industry-funded promotion, research,
and information program for fresh cut Christmas trees. The Christmas
Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Order) is authorized
under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996
(1996 Act). The Order will establish a national Christmas Tree
Promotion Board (Board) comprised of 11 producers and one importer.
Under the Order, producers and importers of fresh cut Christmas trees
will pay an initial assessment of fifteen cents per Christmas tree.
Producers and importers that produce or import less than 500 Christmas
trees annually will be exempt from the assessment. A referendum will be
conducted, among producers and importers, three years after the
collection of assessments begin to determine if Christmas tree
producers and importers favor the continuation of this program.
DATES: Effective November 9, 2011.
Seriously, what one earth is next?
Although the farming and sale of Christmas Trees is a time honored tradition, and there isn’t a person living in the U.S. proper who does not know how to procure a live, or other type of tree (synthetic), it has apparently struck the Federal Government under the Obama Administration that the Tree Farmers (specifically Christmas Trees), need some help from Uncle Sam – They have got to be kidding. Can you imagine what will happen once the Fed's get their hands on that industry too? (See failing Freddie and Fannie, Failing Medicare, Social Security, Failure to Create jobs...) As the Christmas Tree is a byproduct of a celebration of the Christian Christmas, there should be a mechanism in place to halt the madness, something along the separation of Church and State – of course, that’s most likely next on the Obama Plan to Reduce the deficit – a toll charge for those attempting to enter a place of worship!
A treatment of the insanity of it all is available at the ever watchful Heritage Foundation - here
The tax, would be assessed on the farmers, and then, most likely passed onto the consumer. Way to go O! Yes, Virginia, there is a 2012.
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