The SCROOGE EFFECT

Unable to entirely quash the sale of Christmas Trees (and, no, they are NOT "holiday trees, winter fest trees," nor any other sophomoric/moronic politically-correct descriptive) the O administration has levied a "fee" (dare not call it a tax) upon retail Christmas Tree sales.  The purpose of this forced "transaction-fee-not-a-tax" is:
"To pay for the new Federal Christmas tree image improvement and marketing program."  Say WHAT?  Christmas Tree sales need Federal "help?" 
Just peachy.  Of course, this necessitates the creation of:  a "Christmas Tree Promotion Board" comprised of meddling bureaucrats hand-selected by the Secretary of Agriculture.  What could possibly go wrong with a gaggle of newly-minted Federal rules and regulations being "overseen" by clueless bureaucratic drones?  After all, Christmas Trees sales are in danger and must be "protected" by the Federal Department of Bureaucratic Meddling in Already-Successful Commerce.  I suppose, since Christmas Trees don't sell well from January through October, that is enough to trigger the obvious "need" for Federal interference.  After all, look at how well the government "fixed" non-existent health care problems by screwing seniors who have been forced to contribute to Medicare since 1964, but will now see that prepaid program sliced and diced into uselessness.  Or the "War on Poverty." Or the "War on Drugs."  Or "Medicaid."  Or "Fast and Furious." You get my drift.

The entire regulation, already in force and in just the nick of time, is one more shining example of this Administration's Statist zealotry to impinge itself into every aspect of American life, cradle to grave, and, in some cases, beyond:  refusing FDR's D-Day prayer from the WWII Memorial is one more example of its politically-correct-yet-imbecilic actions.   This so typifies the Liberal mindset:  avoid dealing with the obvious scandals within its own Administration, such as flagrantly inappropriate and anarchic actions by Attorney General Eric Holder, by launching countermeasures to distract attention from otherwise embarrassing conduct. As Americans go slouching mutely toward a new Socialist tyranny, most citizens seem content to ignore the proverbial "handwriting on the wall." 

Tax Christmas Trees. What else could so perfectly describe the O's disdain for you?

-neon leon