Sunday, March 21, 2010

Tax On Tanning Beds


This news item caught my eye today, it's an outrage if you ask me.

But if the health-care reform package currently in Congress passes, you'll be paying a 10 percent tax at your neighborhood tanning salon.
The tax would apply to all indoor tanning services. It's designed to help pay for reforms to expand health-care coverage.
The "tanning tax" replaces a proposed 5 percent tax on cosmetic surgery procedures that had been in the bill.


RACISM!
If you tax tanning services then shouldn't you also tax du rags and malt liqour?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, this is a tax on something that gives people cancer. Akin to cigarette taxes

Earth said...

whoa!! taxing malt iquior would be an absolute outrage !!