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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Sure its not a holiday tree?
	Date:	11/9/2011 7:38:35 PM

I am actually glad that at least they called it a Christmas tree tax instead of a holiday tree.

This is but one of many examples of why the founders wanted limited government. Only in Orwell's novels would you tax an industry making their product more expensive in order to fund a government program to promote the industry. If I were head of the program the first thing I would recommend is that they eliminate the tax and disband the government program as a way to promote the industry by making their product cheaper.

Unfortunately under the Oblamer administration the first thing they would dictate was that all tree farms and sales outlets be unionized. Then they would tell tree farms in right to work states that they can't sell trees to non-right to work states or relocate their trees to non right to work states. Then there would be regulations about the tree trunk size versus the height and only union made tree stands made by companies that got government guaranteed loans would be allowed. Of course, all workers at tree farms and sales outlets would have to undergo government sponsored training programs...and then their pensions would have to be increased. Of course, let us not forget free health insurance, short and long-term disability....... Pretty soon, that $100 tree would cost $500 unless it comes from a farm outside the U.S. in which case it would cost $150. Either way the consumer pays more, we have more employees for the SIEU, SIEU has more extorted money to spend on Dems during the election cycle and Dems get reelected.

Government, that fiction by which everyone lives at the expense of everyone else.

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The Grinch is trying to steal Christmas. - h_hob - 11/9/2011 1:01:43 PM

Sure its not a holiday tree? - MartiniMan - 11/9/2011 7:38:35 PM

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