Politics, shmolitics...

I know I shouldn't be spending time on this while at work, but, I cant take it anymore...

Christmas tree tax? Really?

I have to say, this is the most asshat thing I've heard in a long time.

And by that I am referring to the asshats who are using this to make Obama look bad when he has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

And by asshats I am referring to stupid republicans, whom I've about had it with (I prefaced that with stupid because I know there are smart, reasonable republicans out there, as well as ignorant democrats, to be fair)

This is NOT a tax. Its not being imposed by the government. The government gets NOTHING from this. This is a voluntary charge created BY the christmas tree industry in order to raise money for their own marketing efforts. By comparison, the milk industry does the same thing so they can pay for all those "Got milk?" commercials. But nobody ever claimed the president was imposing a milk tax! They simply work with the government to collect the fee, but it is voluntary.

And isn't this EXACTLY how things should work? The private sector decides to cooperatively do something to benefit themselves (even among competing suppliers) and has the government assist them in a minimal way.

The people claiming this is another involuntary tax should know better - they are either IDIOTS or ASSHATS who are lying to us.