I wish it was an Onion report...

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/08/obama-couldnt-wait-his-new-christmas-tree-tax/

would be solvent overnight and we could repay all debt before year's end.

I guess they got a lot of negative feedback. I did see one article where the writer pointed out that this was ANOTHER election promise broken because this applied to EVERYONE, even those below the poverty level...

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/obama-administration-to-delay-new-15-cent-...

why?

Why does the Christmas tree industry need to promote it's image? Is there a competing industry that is trouncing the Christmas tree industry's business?

Why is the government involved?

Should there be a pumpkin tax next October to promote the Jack O Lantern lobby?

Should there be an additional tax on meat products during the summer to promote the barbecue industry? Or is this extra tax only appropriate for once-annual purchases that would not occur, but for the holiday?

Seriously, I don't get it.

My wife made all the same points you did. It is just an attempt to grab more, and to heck with logic.

Hey now, wait just a dang minute. CHRISTmas trees? That implies that CHRISTmas is a CHRISTian holiday celebration. The government can't be promoting anything to do with a CHRISTian holiday! They said so themselves! The ACLU will be all over them like a burqua.

So, if they can't promote CHRISTmas trees, why do they need a tax?