The Obama administration was poised to impose a 15-cent tax on every Christmas tree sold by vendors selling more than 500 trees. But immediate uproar forced the administration to scrap the plan. David Addington of the Heritage Foundation discovered the proposed tax and revealed it this morning. How did he learn about this planned tax? What was the supposed purpose of the money to be collected? How credible is the administration claim that the public would not actually face this tax? We discuss it all with Mr. Addington, who formerly served as chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.
