Comments on: Plastic Surgery Tax

By: Sarah****

Sarah**** — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:39:50 +0000

1. I don’t want to hear ONE more ridiculous suggestion from ANY legislative body until I see their salaries and living spaces publicized on national TV and someone asks about the elephant in the room: Mr. Senator, how much do YOU make, and by how much does that increase each year, regardless of our state/country’s financial situation?

2. Wow, I got a little worked up there and almost forgot. Hells YES this is discriminatory against women, and you must either be a woman or have the ability to think critically to recognize this. If neither of these applies (especially the second), then you don’t think this is discriminatory against women. ‘Nuff said.

By: lisa

lisa — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:55:45 +0000

@ Preston, you go dude!!!!!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:25:56 +0000

Well, Preston, all taxes suck. I happen to be a smoker, but, I don’t expect any sympathy from the non smokers, just because I CHOOSE to continue to smoke.

Just as I don’t have much sympathy for people who CHOOSE to have surgery for no medical reason. As I stated, I doubt that 5% would be a deal breaker.

And for the record, they can tax tofu and granola all they want, I don’t touch either one of those of those things. I do eat peanuts and cashews, though and that might piss me off a little.

By: Preston

Preston — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:13:32 +0000

Michael,
How about ya lay off of Lisa. She has a valid point you know. “Sin” taxes suck. How about getting government OUT of our pockets instead of just shifting the pockets they get into the deepest.

Funny how the nut and granola types are all over sin taxes till they tax tofu.

As Dennis Miller says, “That’s just my opinion and hey, I could be wrong!”

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:32:54 +0000

Please spare me the tea bagging references. I see no difference in this tax than the tax on cigarettes. If you don’t wish to pay it, quit smoking. After all, no one HAS TO smoke. By the same token, no one HAS TO have big breasts.

For a $6000 surgery, this would amount to $300. So, this would keep you from getting breast implants? I think not.

The only issue I have with this tax is that, if the surgery in non elective, such as a cleft palate or a burn victim.

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:37:55 +0000

Tax Tax and more Tax,does anyone remember the Boston tea party…..Next thing we know we are going to be taxed on the air we breath…..

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:40:22 +0000

Thanks for sharing, but I have two observations.

One is the misspelling of ‘suergery’ (I think it’s supposed to be ‘surgery’, but I have been wrong before).

Two, we’ll see if the bill actually passes in the Senate. While I’m all about ‘the public health’ option, a plastic surgery tax is kind of a bummer. Plus I think more energy needs to be put into dealing with fraud within the federal health plans/welfare that already exist (e.g. Medicaid and Medicare) and not taxing people in other areas to try to make up for lost money in those programs.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:34:23 +0000

I just have my doubts that America can afford all of this. Even if they tax our breast implants, it still won’t be enough to overhaul our country’s healthcare system. I would love it, but I am worried that China will stop buying our debt???

By: barely legal bella

barely legal bella — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:31:12 +0000

basically, we should all start raising our goals.

ohhh goodness.