{"id":7816,"date":"2011-11-09T08:52:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T15:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=7816"},"modified":"2011-11-09T08:52:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T15:52:44","slug":"honest-to-pete-a-christmas-tree-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/09\/honest-to-pete-a-christmas-tree-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Honest to Pete. A Christmas tree tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought it was an Onion<\/i> story<\/a> when I first heard about it. <\/p>\n

But yes, apparently we have a Dire National Crisis in the Christmas tree industry that requires the federal government to step in with new taxation. And some people actually like the idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Big question: If “the industry” wanted this, why did it have to get the gummint to do it?<\/p>\n

Merry Freaking Christmas. It’s enough (well, almost enough) to turn a body toward that abomination whose name I normally do not even utter: the Art*f*c**l Chr*stm*s Tr**.<\/p>\n

(Tip o’ hat to S, whose email finally persuaded me that it wasn’t just The Onion<\/i>.)<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

UPDATE FROM S: The Obama administration has blinked<\/a>. They’re postponing the tax until after Christmas. Yeah, like that’ll make it better. (Still, it would have been fun being a fly on the wall at the White House this morning as the waves of derision washed over.)<\/p>\n

Nobody has yet managed to explain why, if an industry association wants to conduct an ad campaign, it doesn’t just raise its own money and do it.<\/p>\n

More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought it was an Onion story when I first heard about it. But yes, apparently we have a Dire National Crisis in the Christmas tree industry that requires the federal government to step in with new taxation. And some people actually like the idea. Big question: If “the industry” wanted this, why did it have to get the gummint to do it? Merry Freaking Christmas. It’s enough (well, almost enough) to turn a body toward that abomination whose name I normally do not even utter: the Art*f*c**l Chr*stm*s Tr**. (Tip o’ hat to S, whose email finally persuaded me…<\/p>\n

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