American Flower Farmers Lobby For Border Adjustment Tax, SAF Lobbies To Exempt Imported Flowers

You’ve probably heard someone use the phrase, “let’s just agree to disagree.”

It’s often used when you get to that point in a conversation with your spouse, friend or colleague where neither side is budging on their opinion or perspective regarding an issue and someone finally says, “well, let’s just agree to disagree.”

This phrase seems to sum up the relationship between the Society of American Florists (SAF) and America’s flower farmers regarding the Boarder Adjustment Tax (BAT) being proposed by House Republicans as a part of their “blueprint” on reforming the nation’s tax system.

During their annual Congressional Action Days in Washington, D.C.,  SAF members lobbied Congress to support the BAT, but requested an exemption for imported flowers. Their exact position read:

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