$0.15 Tax on Christmas Trees This Year

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Nov 9, 2011 2:34pm
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/09/merry-christmas-agriculture-department-imposes-christmas-tree-tax/
[LEFT]One of Christmas' most recognizable symbols apparently needs a PR campaign -- and a new tax to pay for it.
The Obama administration has imposed a 15-cent tax on
in order to pay for a new board tasked with promoting the Christmas tree industry.
The new fee and board were announced in the Federal Register on Tuesday, to be effective Wednesday. According to the Agriculture Department announcement, the government will impose a 15-cent charge on "producers and importers" of fresh Christmas trees, provided they sell or import more than 500 trees a year.


[LEFT]The money is not meant to pay down the debt or fund any other program. The Agriculture Department-imposed tax is designed to go back into the new Christmas Tree Promotion Board.
The board, proposed earlier this year, is actually the culmination of a years-long effort by the fresh Christmas tree industry to promote itself, according to the background provided in the Federal Register. The industry has faced increasing competition from producers of artificial trees, but efforts to collect voluntary contributions for a fresh-tree marketing campaign have repeatedly run out of funding. So the government stepped in to mandate a fee to support the promotion board.
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martyirish
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Nov 9, 2011 2:38pm
yes
that will save the country
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chicago510
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Nov 9, 2011 2:40pm
Good thing mine is fake.


TWSS.
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Nov 9, 2011 2:41pm
OMG!!!!

Fox news has reported that

The war on christmas has begun!!!!
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I Wear Pants
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Nov 9, 2011 2:47pm
This is why I don't like lobbying.

Also, inb4 "they're trying to kill Christmas". GTFOOHWTS
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LJ
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Nov 9, 2011 2:50pm
Christmas Tree promotion board?! :laugh:
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Nov 9, 2011 3:38pm
what happened to the "no taxes on anyone making under 250K?" Do poor people not buy Christmas trees?
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QuakerOats
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Nov 9, 2011 3:43pm
[INDENT]Christmas Tree Blessing

Lord God,
May the presence of this tree remind us of your gift of everlasting life.
May its light keep us mindful of the light you brought into the world.
May the joy and peace of Christmas fill our hearts.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.




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Nov 9, 2011 3:43pm
tk421;965199 wrote:what happened to the "no taxes on anyone making under 250K?" Do poor people not buy Christmas trees?
No, they just decorate the spruce trees near Wall Street.

/troll
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Nov 9, 2011 3:46pm
QuakerOats;965206 wrote:[INDENT]Christmas Tree Blessing

Lord God,
May the presence of this tree remind us of your gift of everlasting life.
May its light keep us mindful of the light you brought into the world.
May the joy and peace of Christmas fill our hearts.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.




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pretty gay post here. blesssing a tree? you sir are a homo
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Nov 9, 2011 3:52pm
lets make sure we keep the christ out of our Saturnalia celebrations this year.
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Nov 9, 2011 4:10pm
tcarrier32;965227 wrote:lets make sure we keep the christ out of our Saturnalia celebrations this year.
Reps.
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Nov 9, 2011 4:16pm
I'm going to import my Christmas tree from China.
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Mulva
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Nov 9, 2011 4:16pm
tcarrier32;965227 wrote:lets make sure we keep the christ out of our Saturnalia celebrations this year.
True that. And if anyone tries to shorten the festival there will be hell to pay.
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Nov 9, 2011 4:18pm
Where's the tax on menora candles?
Where's the tax on prayer rugs?
Where's the tax on Kwaanza beads?

Just tax the Christians. Just tax white people using tanning salons. Just tax millionaires making over $100,000. Social justice shall prevail above all.
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Apple
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Nov 9, 2011 4:20pm
It's not a tax. Its a fee.

Hope this helps.
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Nov 9, 2011 4:34pm
Apple;965259 wrote:It's not a tax. Its a fee.

Hope this helps.
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So would this be fee percent or fo percent.... I likes to play the percentages.
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Nov 9, 2011 4:35pm
BGFalcons82;965256 wrote:Where's the tax on menora candles?
Where's the tax on prayer rugs?
Where's the tax on Kwaanza beads?

Just tax the Christians. Just tax white people using tanning salons. Just tax millionaires making over $100,000. Social justice shall prevail above all.
If there were a douchbag tax, you would be bankruptured.
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QuakerOats
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Nov 9, 2011 4:41pm
DeyDurkie5;965214 wrote:pretty gay post here. blesssing a tree? you sir are a homo
Actually it's a Catholic prayer; and I really don't give a damn if you like it or not.
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QuakerOats
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Nov 9, 2011 4:42pm
Devils Advocate;965275 wrote:If there were a douchbag tax, you would be bankruptured.
What a complete moron.
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Nov 9, 2011 4:42pm
"to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees."


LOL......

Festivus for The REST of US!!!!


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Nov 9, 2011 4:49pm
QuakerOats;965286 wrote:Actually it's a Catholic prayer; and I really don't give a damn if you like it or not.
well i think your catholic prayer is GHEY!!!
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Devils Advocate
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Nov 9, 2011 4:52pm
DeyDurkie5;965304 wrote:well i think your catholic prayer is GHEY!!!
Well the prayer isn't so bad, The catholic part however is pontifically cannonized ghey.
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Nov 9, 2011 4:53pm
BGFalcons82;965256 wrote:Where's the tax on menora candles?
Where's the tax on prayer rugs?
Where's the tax on Kwaanza beads?

Just tax the Christians. Just tax white people using tanning salons. Just tax millionaires making over $100,000. Social justice shall prevail above all.
I wish they would tax all of their houses of worship and just be done with it.