This news item has many of the reasons why President Obama needs to be a One Term President™(h/t Drudge). 


The Obama Administration is levying a 15¢ fee (tax) on live Christmas trees. This levy is was not voted upon by the House and Senate (well, nothing arising in  the house gets voted on in the Senate anymore), but has its origins in the Executive branch. The purpose of this tax is cover the costs of a ‘Christmas Tree Promotion Board’ whose purpose is to “program of promotion, research, evaluation, and information designed to strengthen the Christmas tree industry’s position in the marketplace; maintain and expend existing markets for Christmas trees; and to carry out programs, plans, and projects designed to provide maximum benefits to the Christmas tree industry” (7 CFR 1214.46(n)).”


So let Dr. J. get this straight, he is going to have to pay an additional 15¢ a tree this winter (and he’s planning on getting a second tree this year for the front porch) in order to pay for a Christmas Tree Promotion Board. There are two kinds of people, live tree people (like Mrs. Dr. J.’s family) and fake tree people (Mama J. and her clan). Converts are rare. Dr. J. converted to ensure domestic tranquility. We don’t need a government agency to help guide our choice of Christmas Tree…seriously. We’ve been fine since Martin Luther, that shifty devil, brought home the first Christmas Tree in 1500 and something.


First of all, that reminds Dr. J. of when he goes to church while he’s at the beach and the priest gives the ‘when you’re on vacation don’t take a vacation from God’ sermon. Father, I’m sitting in the pew! Take the sermon to the beach, big guy! Dr. J. is BUYING A CHRISTMAS TREE! He shouldn’t be taxed to create a fund to encourage people to buy trees because if you tax something, you get less of it. This is, as ‘Puter puts it, “ass backwards!”


Second of all, while it is perfectly legal for the Obama Administration to impose this fee (read the article for details), Dr. J. finds it far more palatable if he had the consent of the governed via the Congress. as opposed to governing by fiat, which he as done much of the last two years. 


Third of all, who buys an overwhelming majority of live Christmas trees? Anyone? Anyone? CHRISTIANS! So just like the tanning tax in Obamacare disproportionately targets white folk, this tax disproportionately affects Christians. So this tax discriminates on the basis of religion. Yeah, it’s a stretch, but you get the point. 


So when anyone tries to tell you it’s only 15¢, remember, it’s not the money, rather it’s the principle. In this case, Obama imposed a tax targeting a members of a specific religious group by fiat in order to fund an unnecessary government agency. 


It just sums up everything that’s wrong with him and his administration. 


Mandy, fire up the Gut Booting Device…

Dr. J.