Your fears of a 5 percent tariff on butt lifts, rhinoplasty, and injectables like Botox and Restylane are over! Senate Democrats have dropped the so-called “Botax,” likely after major uproar from the well-moneyed cosmetic surgery industry, which was supposed to raise $5 billion. But don’t think Dems have entirely thrown out the idea of taxing America’s addiction to aesthetic improvements: The cast of Jersey Shore is about to see their tanning experience get hit with a hike.
In place of Botax is a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning. Or, as the Senate’s bill refers to it, the tax will be “intended for the irradiation of an individual by ultraviolet radiation, with wavelengths in air between 200 and 400 nanometers, to induce skin tanning.” Which, as far as we’re concerned, is a tax on WHITE PEOPLE!
And Sarah Palin.
Looks like spray-ons it will be.
How about we take this to the next level?
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Kevin_BGFH
“You’re”?
FakeName
Seriously. How can you get it right in the story but then biff the headline?
Evan
*snicker*
Ian
You do know that latinos and some asians tan too, right?
SteamPunk
All the gay folks in Southern California are about to flip their wig! Maybe this will encourage people to go outside, to the beach or even just ride a bike (shirtless, of course).
Distingue Traces
This is disappointing news.
Same Crap
“You do know that latinos and some asians tan too, right?”
They don’t pay to sit in a tanning bed for it.
99% of those affected by the tax will be white.
terrwill
How come when I fake and bake I never see anyone like the guy in the pic here?? All I see is guidoetts!! :-{
damon459
I’m white but I’d rather get my skin cancer naturally from the sun rather then pay for it alone be taxed. But lets get one thing straight this bill hasn’t passed yet and even if it does there will likely be changes as the house and senate’s bills aren’t the same so stop whining over a possible tax until the president signs the darn thing.
BobP
No one should use tanning beds. They cause skin cancer which will kill you. Seriously, don’t use them.