Christmas Tree Farmers Complain About Obama, the Wimp
November 17, 2011 at 8:40 PM 2 comments
I can relate to this like there’s no tomorrow because I am pissed off out of my head about Obama caving and caving and caving:
image Via: ChristmasTreeGeek.com
Bending to a flash-in-the-pan controversy over a misunderstood 15-cent fee on Christmas tree sales that would allow farmers to run ads promoting natural trees, the Obama administration formally delayed a proposal for a so-called “Christmas tree tax.”
The proposal was stayed indefinitely in a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday.
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Christmas tree farmers are pretty upset that the administration caved so quickly, according to a release from the National Christmas Tree Association.
“It’s just so disappointing to have something like this happen because of an internet rumor,” Oregon tree farmer Betty Malone, who was involved in submitting the proposal to the USDA, said in a statement.
It seems to me that the Obama administration is just plain scared of its own shadow.
The wingers spread an “internet rumor” because they know they can make hay out of it and the White House runs backward with its tail between its legs. Why they don’t get that this is an orchestrated thing that will never go away, I don’t know. And why they aren’t more adept and savvy about dealing with this kind of thing — hello, after three years! — is what drives me out of my mind.
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beth | November 18, 2011 at 10:09 AM
I’m not exactly nuts about him caving again but… if the tree farmers want to advertise their products why can’t they just get together and pay for it themselves? It seems like they wanted to set up an advertising co-op but didn’t want to pay for it or raise their prices to pay for it. They just wanted to have the “government” collect a new tax (which I’m assuming goes right back to their pockets) so they could blame the higher prices on the big, bad government. And then they have the nerve to complain about the government caving?
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Say It Ain't So Already | November 18, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Good point.