Srgt. Hulka

OK, I ignore it. What about the next time, when they have a special tax on toothpaste to improve the image of toothpaste. Or shoes, or "fill in the blank" here. Holy cow Strat, when does it stop? Look, I know you're a liberal, and that's your decision, just like being conservative is my choice, but you're also self employed. You work hard for the money you earn to take care of yourself and your family. How much of your hard earned money do you have to be forcefully seperated from before you get angry? 40%? 50%? 70%? 90%? Holy crap, man. These bastards don't care about you just because you have a D on your voter registration card. If you make money, Washington wants it...PERIOD. This year it's 15 cents on each tree. Next year it's 25 cents, $1.00 the next year, $2.00 the next year. When is enough enough? It's time for people to wake their asses up and put a stop to this. And I'm not talking just about Christmas trees. It's about The EPA, or any other government entity, assessing a federal tax without even going through Congress as required by the Constitution. These people have unbeleavable power to do almost anything they want and we cant do a thing about it. Sorry Strat, you're my bud, but we cannot simply keep ignoring what's going on in Washington by saying "Buy a Fake one". I don't want a fake one! Besides, I already pay federal taxes on that Christmas tree. The grower of that tree has to pay federal taxes on his capital, he has to pay federal taxes on the fertilizer that is used on his farm, he pays federal taxes on the fuel it takes for his farm impliments and the truck that ships the tree from Wisconson to Shreveport, and I'm sure there are more taxes that you and I don't even know about. Who pays all those taxes, the grower right? No, those taxes are passed right down to the consumer...ME. So no, I'm not going to be compalcent by buying a fake tree. I'm going to do whatever I can to stop a Christmas tree tax and ANY other tax that is imposed on me, especially if it's unconstitutional.