One of my favorite things about Christmas is Christmas Trees. As my wife will tell you, I'm not a fan of what I call "Christmas Tree Product," those plastic monstrosities that they sell at big box stores, those soulless husks sitting in a box in my basement 10.75 months out of the year. No, I love Christmas Trees. Real, live, fresh cut Christmas Trees. The smell of them as you open the door of your house after a long day at work. The fullness that a fake tree just can't copy. I even love the needles that fall to the floor. I absolutely love Christmas Trees.
This is why I'm delighted to find out that the government is going to add a tax to the sale of every live Christmas Tree in order to help improve the image and marketing of these once proud symbols. Because....they need the help, right? No? We're good? Ok...so...WTF!?!
Why does the Department of Agriculture need to help out the image of the Christmas Tree industry? That's a very good question...think on that one. Why would the government want to tax something to redistribute that money in a way that gives them leverage over the entire industry?
***FLASH*** Obama is withdrawing the tax proposal.
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