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| Plastic Surgery Tax Eyed As Revenue Raiser |
| 2009-07-28 |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #12 It's been there for decades, Pappy. As far as I can tell, nobody consumes plastic surgery like the middle and upper classes south of the border. My girlfriend's Mexican husband's nieces were given nose jobs and had their ears pinned back as needed when they turned thirteen, breast implants at sixteen or so... My girlfriend had her own first couple of improvements done while down south while visiting husband's various relatives in Mexico, Venezuela, etc. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-07-28 23:57 |
| #11 Meh. It'll either move out of country to the Caribbean, Mexico, Costa Rica, or even Venezuela. As for Pelosi, et al, it'll just become another 'sweetheart deal'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-07-28 21:43 |
| #10 I don't know, I sometimes feel that we could use a few more sumptuary laws. It would encourage the status-conscious poor to not waste their scarce dollars on stupid bling, and the wealthier to put more money into maintaining their property and less into ill-kept extravagance. But then, I've been in a Savonarola-esque mood these days... |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-07-28 18:31 |
| #9 The Senate Finance Committee has discussed imposing a 10 percent excise tax on cosmetic surgery deemed unnecessary for medical purposes. The idea was broached in a meeting with OMB Director Orszag in mid-July, after which Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus told reporters he had heard some "interesting," "creative," and "kind of fun" ideas. Kid's braces, burn victims (Fire Fighters), weapon damage (Police&Soldiers), kid born with 5 and thumb not only will she live but it will be fun!, ton of other examples of what could be considered cosmetic. Pulling a face back to look younger and prevent excessive blinking while reading lines, well pelosi and sebilius will make sure that is covered. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-07-28 16:43 |
| #8 ...or after an automobile accident. Bright Pebbles has a point there. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2009-07-28 15:11 |
| #7 I look forward to the cries from the media when women having re-constructive surgery after breast cancer find out they'll pay extra tax. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-07-28 14:20 |
| #6 When she ran for Governor, adult entertainment star Mary Carey proposed taxing cosmetic surgery (but deregulating adult entertainment for reasons of job creation and economic growth). |
| Posted by: Lord garth 2009-07-28 13:28 |
| #5 May God forgive those who ask for a "revenue raiser", and to "redistribute the wealth", when they really just covet their neighbor's property. To covet your neighbor's property is an ancient evil and is wrong, even if your name is Obama. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-07-28 12:55 |
| #4 Don't forget the 'junior senator' from Massachusetts. He would have the same 'liability', too. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-07-28 11:42 |
| #3 So San Fran Nan owes about $20,000 in back taxes? |
| Posted by: James Carville 2009-07-28 11:02 |
| #2 Rhetorical question 3dc? Let's see if the Donks have real guts, put a federal luxury tax like the federal gas tax on all cosmetics. Now that would certainly raise revenue. Shorten many careers too, but as they say, that's a feature, not a bug. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-07-28 10:20 |
| #1 Pol's are going to tax themselves or do they get a congressional exemption? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-07-28 09:29 |