It's very expensive for liberals to play Santa Claus all the time while portraying conservatives as the offspring of Scrooge. So what the liberals give with one hand, they take away with another in the form of increased taxes. Just in time for Christmas - a new tax on Christmas trees to fund a cockamamie government program to improve the image and marketing of the trees. Heritage: President Obama's Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees-the Christmas Tree Tax-to support a new Federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees. In the Federal Register of November 8, 2011, Acting Administrator of Agricultural Marketing David R. Shipman announced that the Secretary of Agriculture will appoint a Christmas Tree Promotion Board. The purpose of the Board is to run a "program of promotion, research, evaluation, and information designed to strengthen the Christmas tree industry's position in the...(Read Full Post)