Official tartan register

[mexpiper]

My question is that once Government becomes involved, they alway add a tax, just for them, to pay for it... but the amount of tax always exceeds what the program cost. {hmmm... where does the excess go...hmmm}

[macwilkin]

My question is that once Government becomes involved, they alway add a tax, just for them, to pay for it... but the amount of tax always exceeds what the program cost. {hmmm... where does the excess go...hmmm}

But, as a citizen of the United States and not a subject of the Crown, you would not be effected by any "tartan excise".

T.

[Mr. MacDougall]

you would not be effected by any "tartan excise".

Yeah, 'cause we'd throw their Tartan in the Boston Harbor, while dressed up as Red Indians!

oh... wait....

[Phil]

I don't think we are looking at another Boston tea party here but it sounds like a good idea to have some formal regulation to stop anyone passing off a copy of a tartan as something else. Also it might help to control a lot of cheap Asian imports pretending to be Scottish. They might have to label their stuff properly so at least you know what you're buying. The existing authorities have no powers to prevent abuse of this kind and while it's not in the same league as the pharmaceutical and other s***t the Chinese are poisoning and swindling people with some regulation sounds like a good idea.