Liberals' tanning tax is killing the tanning business (Congress, regular, millionaires)

[Frank DeForrest]

Liberals get it wrong again.
Defense is one of the few things our fed is tasked with.
Peoples tanning habits is not.

[marcopolo]

You guys are missing an obvious angle on the tanning tax: it is a tax on white people.

(tongue in cheek--just trying to stir things up)

[betamanlet]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Liberals get it wrong again.
Defense is one of the few things our fed is tasked with.
Peoples tanning habits is not.

I understand what you are getting at, but you have the wrong example.

The federal governme is charged with providing for military defense, and hence it's in the budget.

it is NOT charged with providing healthcare, and this tax is to help fund healthcare.

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by sickofnyc

Supermarket food is not taxed. The other items are considered luxury items. A tan purchased at a tanning salon is a luxury and a tan is attainable for free...it's called solar power.

a number of states do have sales tax on supermarket food.

[Gary Siete]

I don't believe in cigarette or tanning taxes. These vices should be tax free to facilitate culling the herd of the stupidest members.

[Cyber Queen]

Originally Posted by Wayland Woman

I know what she was talking about and when the conservatives all agree to cut the biggest item in our national budget---the military---then I'll believe they are serious about stopping the wastefulness in government.

So we should cut the area that keep us safe? And this makes sense to you? How about cutting the fraud in welfare, food stamps, Medicare? Or how about cutting what we pay Senators?


As for the tax. The only reason it was removed from Botox and placed on tanning is because the doctors and Big Pharma were all over the governments back. So Obama backed down and picked tanning. I fail to see how getting food poisoning injected in your face is either needed or good for you.

[betamanlet]

Originally Posted by Gary Siete

I don't believe in cigarette or tanning taxes. These vices should be tax free to facilitate culling the herd of the stupidest members.

Right now the biggest killer in society is obesity, not smoking or tanning.

[twista6002]

Maybe we should tax trolling...

[Cyber Queen]

This is yet another way this administration is killing the economy and stomping all over small businesses.

[ozzie679]

BS! They are blaming slow business on the 10% tax (or a few cents/session)

They truth is that people are not spending like they once did and the tanning industry loses more and more customers as studies that link their business to skin cancer become bigger news.