Sorry, but this is one point where I must seem like a granola liberal or something. I think it's needless waste and people should just have fake trees.
Really, not even half. Most agricultural industries employ quite a few people, because one cannot just plant a plant and leave it to grow. It's not overly labor intensive, but it does require work. The CT industry has to replant the trees it cuts down, or it would be out of business very quickly. They aren't going into large established forests and picking out all trees 5-10' tall. It has to be a sustainable industry by trade. So I don't agree with that argument at all.
So, accidentally just got in a facebook argument with an opinionated person.
- 10/11/2011 02:00:37 PM
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I don't understand the point of advertising Christmas trees, and I'm suprised the objection isn't
- 10/11/2011 02:13:49 PM
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Christmas tree farmers seem to think they need help.
- 10/11/2011 02:41:41 PM
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Why are we supporting an industry that does nothing but chop down healthy trees to throw them away?
- 10/11/2011 02:30:10 PM
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Well, for the most part that is the reason they were planted in the first place.
- 10/11/2011 02:34:09 PM
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That is only half of what they do.
- 10/11/2011 02:37:49 PM
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Was this response directed at me?
- 10/11/2011 04:11:01 PM
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You know it was.
- 10/11/2011 04:24:27 PM
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It makes no sense. It's like I said, "nice weather" and you said "Coffee is evil!"
- 10/11/2011 06:04:32 PM
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These are trees that are planted specifically for that purpose... and then replacements are planted.
- 10/11/2011 02:42:04 PM
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That is the very definition of needless consumerist waste.
- 10/11/2011 04:07:34 PM
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*NM*
Re: That is the very definition of needless consumerist waste.
- 10/11/2011 05:17:06 PM
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You really are an idiot. *NM*
- 10/11/2011 06:14:12 PM
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And you are a nice, thoughtful person.
- 10/11/2011 06:23:45 PM
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Yes, making up things. Like thinking every skanky waitress has the hots for you.
- 11/11/2011 12:17:02 AM
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I dunno - what are the relative environmental impacts?
- 10/11/2011 04:39:54 PM
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I haven't crunched numbers but I was thinking about the same thing.
- 10/11/2011 10:18:26 PM
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I'm with you on this one. But you probably already knew that.
- 10/11/2011 10:25:21 PM
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Oh, let me be clear for the record: the tax is a pile of steaming horseshit.
- 11/11/2011 12:13:01 AM
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Re: Oh, let me be clear for the record: the tax is a pile of steaming horseshit.
- 11/11/2011 02:22:16 AM
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Nossy
- 10/11/2011 02:48:36 PM
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It was an accident.
- 10/11/2011 02:50:19 PM
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You though the internet was reasonable 
*NM*
- 10/11/2011 03:21:05 PM
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*NM*
- 10/11/2011 03:21:05 PM
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To be fair, she was very gracious about it. We agreed to disagree. *NM*
- 10/11/2011 03:23:42 PM
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Mostly because it isn't the government's job
- 10/11/2011 03:05:55 PM
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You think it's ok for the eggs, milk, beef and pork industry to do it? Corn Syrup?
- 10/11/2011 03:13:41 PM
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What I am saying it isn't the governments role and I don't want to expand that role
- 10/11/2011 04:57:48 PM
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It would probably be more efficient to to just raise the price per tree by a dollar or two. *NM*
- 10/11/2011 10:31:16 PM
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I never even knew we had a National Christmas Tree Association, but this is dumb
- 10/11/2011 09:08:43 PM
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An opinionated person on the internet? I don't believe you for a second!
- 10/11/2011 10:24:02 PM
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Re: An opinionated person on the internet? I don't believe you for a second!
- 10/11/2011 11:41:11 PM
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The list of Obama industry handouts conservatives attack as socialism is beginning to fatigue me.
- 11/11/2011 01:53:58 PM
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