Obama taxes Christmas

[AndrewW-G]

Ok, not the entire Christmas holiday, but they are putting a tax on Christmas trees . . . . . .

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackob...

[Randy Winkman]

Well he's got to raise some cash and sort out the monumental balls up that last guy left behind.

Edited to add - what the hell's a "fresh" Christmas tree? Who the heck do The Telegraph employ nowadays?

Edited by Randy Winkman on Wednesday 9th November 21:00

[Jasandjules]

Well, that's going to please the right wingers. They better find something to tax from a muslim religious festival or the South are going to go mental.

[Muntu]

[jeff m2]

The revenue collected from the new tax is to be used to establish a 12-person Christmas Tree Promotion Board, which will decide how to promote the benefits of households buying real trees.

So after the 12 person panel goes a couple of million over budget they will decide to sling a tax on artificial trees.

[Marf]

[Fox News]He's a muzzzzzzlum and he's attacking Xmas!![/Fox News]

[Victor McDade]

Democrats want more taxes, the Republicans want Obama to be more 'pro business'. Business (the Xmas tree farmers) were actually calling for this move so the government obliged.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/09/news/economy/chris...

So everyone is now happy?

[MX7]

Should tax pumpkins.

[Jim the Sunderer]

What a bloody socialist!

[scenario8]

Has this tax hit the notoriously Christmas tree producing state of Alabama particularly hard?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15668788

edited for a shocking spelling error

Edited by scenario8 on Thursday 10th November 00:46

[AJS-]

Bunch of wkers. They sound even stupider than our lot.

[WhoseGeneration]

jeff m2 said:

The revenue collected from the new tax is to be used to establish a 12-person Christmas Tree Promotion Board, which will decide how to promote the benefits of households buying real trees.

So after the 12 person panel goes a couple of million over budget they will decide to sling a tax on artificial trees.

I can't stop laughing but's it's always the case, isn't it, a quango is established.
Just why?