These new taxes were to go in effect for many cosmetic procedures and not just for tanning. Things like plastic surgery, tattoo's, nail and hair salons, and others in the beauty industry. But instead of dividing the taxes around these different areas Tanning salons got the whole tax themselves. This does single out one business and one revenue stream. What would you do if something like this was past for your small business?
eh. the way i see it. when americans stop acting like dogs mindless lapping up antifreeze because it taste sweet, the government needs to address their lack of common sense.
us citzens feed a cycles of piss poor personal health while complaining about high medical costs.
keep eating near toxic quantities of processed filth and frying your bodies with radiation to meet the status quo dictated to you by your mind garbage media entertainment...
okahyaoga, You fucking dipshit! Education is one thing but you are advocating that government blackmail people into living "better". What a fucking moronic, freedom eroding thought process you have.
this is just crazy.....next you will find the government walking on the beach and in the parks charging everyone a tax for being in the sun.....at least in the salon the exposure is controlled...
Chacha5678 How do you explain that? Yes I am a tanning salon owner. The number of complaints thay Ive received for causing skin cancer in 15 years = 0. Im not trying to win you over as a customer and have no reason to try to convince you otherwise. Im just speaking as someone who has a little experience on the matter. What experience do you have? Or are you just speaking in unresearched, media driven opinion?
Chacha5678 I appreciate your response, however, It will not stop millions of Americans from tanning. Trust me. It will only cost them more to do so. All it will do is funnel more Americans hard earned money to the government. Like I said before, this tax is politically motivated and fueled by false pretenses that indoor tanning is "dangerous" for us. Please do not believe everything the tv tells you. The vast majority of skin cancers appear in areas that have never even seen the sun.
Well no shit that tanning salons would be upset lmao. They want as much money as possible. they dont care if that means more people will get skin cancer
I say add an additional federal tax to malt liquor, black and milds, menthol cigarettes, fried chicken, and Chevy Impalas. While we're at it, add abigger tax to those white middle class kids that wanna be black for putting cherry bombs on a piece of shit Japanese born vehicle.
The government is not conscerned about your well -being. They are conscerned about raking as much money out of the american citizens as possible. Don't be fooled.
@samax04 aren't tanning salons doing the same thing? they dont care if people get skin cancer, they just want as much money as possible. It doesnt matter that the government's intentions aren't pure. if it helps millions of americans not develop skin cancers because they go to tanning salons less, then that is a good thing.
Are you going to listen to this fat, fluorescent white, slob of a dermatologist to tell you what is healthy? Does he look like the essence of health to you? Hes goin to tell me what is good for me? I dont think so.
This started about a year ago when the government began pushing false and unfounded claims of how dangerous indoor tanning is through the media. Pumping these falsehoods into all our heads, giving them their excuse (firepower) to put this tax into effect a year later. Bravo government. Once again fucking us over.
@samax04 Oh, that's just the icing on the cake. Another word for taxes is when you have to pay for a license. We have to now pay for a license to fish, to grow fruit trees and gardens and to keep animals for food. No joke.
Sounds a lot like a tax on white people if you ask me!!!! And they say racism is dead in this country...ha! I beg to differ! The owners of these tanning salons wont be able to afford the 10% tax, so the burden of the tax will be handed down to the patrons of the salons. What happened to no tax on small business owners that Mr. Obama promised? The majority of tanning salons in this country aren't franchised, they are run individually (small business owners). Government Run, I'm with you!
@methmonster420 You sound like an idiot. What about Asians that go to tanning salons? Are only white people the ones that get tans? You fucking racist moron.
@methmonster420 uh white people arent the only ones who tan. pretty much everyone but black people do it. and obama isn't the only one making decisions in the white house idiot. i doubt he even came up with the idea of taxing tanning salons anyways
A typical session at a tanning salon costs, what, $15? Ish? So it's an extra $1.50 cost to your vanity. Deal with it. That $1.50 every time you tan is going toward helping pay for your treatment when you get skin cancer.
Lack of sunlight and vitamin D is the reason why we have a flu season in the first place.
I am not vain at all -- I suffer from extreme SAD in winter, and a skin condition that is endurable only with enough UVB. Skin cancer is caused by lack of sun, not by overexposure. Most skin cancers are on parts of the body that get hardy any light, like feet.
@RachelBartlett Sorry about your extreme SAD and mysterious skin condition. You, however, are more than likely in the minority of people who use a tanning bed to treat illnesses/conditions. As for your claims re: skin cancer, cite some sources or gtfo.
This isn't against small businesses. It is about making it more affordable to practice healthy lifestyles, and to discourage spending on unhealthy lifestyles. We should adopt this policy in more areas, such as nutrition... healthy food costs so much more than the unhealthy crap. It shouldn't be that way. Poor people should be encouraged to live healthy lifestyles by the market.
The government taxes alcohol, cigarettes, and have even talked about taking sugary foods and drinks. How is this any different? If you want to tan, go outside! It's free. Or live in an area that gets sun all the damn time. I'm sick of these rich assholes that bitch over a small tax but don't care about things like war, poverty, and cancer research.
@olTOml24 You have cancer cells in your body as we speak. You have a million virus's in your body too. This politically correct garbage has to stop. Thank GOD he's in control of your body than government.
2.7 billion tanning tax dollars in ten years? Is that based on the number of salons now or after most of them close. Just shows how the government is counting on funding for this Bill with revenue that won't be there or they are stealing from other programs.
Hey Obama, instead of dreaming up new ways to get us deeper in debt, get this economy going again.
THIS IS COMPLETE RACIST! I wonder what would happen if we taxed 10% on AFROSHEEN, SWEET POTATO PIE, WATERMELON, STRAWBERRY SODA, FRIED CHICKEN, SHEA BUTTER, and anything and everything the NIGGERS buy? All white folks (R or D) should be fighting to exclude this from the bill. PERIOD.
You fucking morons. There goes the small business being supported, I mean destroyed by government.
Poor get poor and the morons still vote for the people who promise, promise, promise. and fucking screw them in the fucking ass and don't even know it.
I cant wait until Al Gores dream of tax cuts on carbon come into effect.
Good! I hope that they go out of business. To pay to get darker is ridiculous. White people love to get darker and they are the same ones who hate people who are darker then they are in general. Or whites trying to fit in. Hope all you white people develop cancer and then it won't be so hip, as you white people call it.
darkskinned ppl are dark to protect themselves from the sun and white people are white to soak more in because sunlight helps create vitamin d in the body and most people develop cancer due to vitamin d deficiency and black people get cancer from not getting enough sun or uv light and thats true research it a lil bit
these owners just want to tan you and take your cash, no detailed researched has been doen, but blastin uv rays at your skin from inches away... you deserve to die.
These new taxes were to go in effect for many cosmetic procedures and not just for tanning. Things like plastic surgery, tattoo's, nail and hair salons, and others in the beauty industry. But instead of dividing the taxes around these different areas Tanning salons got the whole tax themselves. This does single out one business and one revenue stream. What would you do if something like this was past for your small business?
sunlesstanmasters 6 months ago
It is not easier to target women and small business like Tanning Salons than large corporations with funds for powerful legal counsel?
AnoushBotanical 1 year ago
wow obama should just tax everything else that black people dont do
Og3990 1 year ago
aren't people from new york supposed to be really pale?
platinumblondebiatch 1 year ago
eh. the way i see it. when americans stop acting like dogs mindless lapping up antifreeze because it taste sweet, the government needs to address their lack of common sense.
us citzens feed a cycles of piss poor personal health while complaining about high medical costs.
keep eating near toxic quantities of processed filth and frying your bodies with radiation to meet the status quo dictated to you by your mind garbage media entertainment...
fucking bovine.
knowledgethief 1 year ago
okahyaoga, You fucking dipshit! Education is one thing but you are advocating that government blackmail people into living "better". What a fucking moronic, freedom eroding thought process you have.
mopar340dave 1 year ago
this is just crazy.....next you will find the government walking on the beach and in the parks charging everyone a tax for being in the sun.....at least in the salon the exposure is controlled...
steffytellez 1 year ago
Chacha5678 How do you explain that? Yes I am a tanning salon owner. The number of complaints thay Ive received for causing skin cancer in 15 years = 0. Im not trying to win you over as a customer and have no reason to try to convince you otherwise. Im just speaking as someone who has a little experience on the matter. What experience do you have? Or are you just speaking in unresearched, media driven opinion?
samax04 1 year ago
Chacha5678 I appreciate your response, however, It will not stop millions of Americans from tanning. Trust me. It will only cost them more to do so. All it will do is funnel more Americans hard earned money to the government. Like I said before, this tax is politically motivated and fueled by false pretenses that indoor tanning is "dangerous" for us. Please do not believe everything the tv tells you. The vast majority of skin cancers appear in areas that have never even seen the sun.
samax04 1 year ago
Well no shit that tanning salons would be upset lmao. They want as much money as possible. they dont care if that means more people will get skin cancer
Chacha5678 1 year ago
Sunscreen will kill you faster than the sun's rays will.
This "Dr" Bruce Katz is an ignorant fool.
mmaier2112 1 year ago
I say add an additional federal tax to malt liquor, black and milds, menthol cigarettes, fried chicken, and Chevy Impalas. While we're at it, add abigger tax to those white middle class kids that wanna be black for putting cherry bombs on a piece of shit Japanese born vehicle.
shndola 1 year ago
Basically this is a tax on White people. This tax should be labled racist.
getcreamed 1 year ago 2
The government is not conscerned about your well -being. They are conscerned about raking as much money out of the american citizens as possible. Don't be fooled.
samax04 1 year ago
@samax04 aren't tanning salons doing the same thing? they dont care if people get skin cancer, they just want as much money as possible. It doesnt matter that the government's intentions aren't pure. if it helps millions of americans not develop skin cancers because they go to tanning salons less, then that is a good thing.
Chacha5678 1 year ago
Are you going to listen to this fat, fluorescent white, slob of a dermatologist to tell you what is healthy? Does he look like the essence of health to you? Hes goin to tell me what is good for me? I dont think so.
samax04 1 year ago
How will they tax people who lay out at the beach or by the pool? Do you think tanning outdoors is safer than tanning in a controlled environment?
samax04 1 year ago
This started about a year ago when the government began pushing false and unfounded claims of how dangerous indoor tanning is through the media. Pumping these falsehoods into all our heads, giving them their excuse (firepower) to put this tax into effect a year later. Bravo government. Once again fucking us over.
samax04 1 year ago
@samax04 Oh, that's just the icing on the cake. Another word for taxes is when you have to pay for a license. We have to now pay for a license to fish, to grow fruit trees and gardens and to keep animals for food. No joke.
spirittammyk 1 year ago
and this is what you morons voted for, and now you got it.
commonsense787 1 year ago
Sounds a lot like a tax on white people if you ask me!!!! And they say racism is dead in this country...ha! I beg to differ! The owners of these tanning salons wont be able to afford the 10% tax, so the burden of the tax will be handed down to the patrons of the salons. What happened to no tax on small business owners that Mr. Obama promised? The majority of tanning salons in this country aren't franchised, they are run individually (small business owners). Government Run, I'm with you!
methmonster420 1 year ago
@methmonster420 You sound like an idiot. What about Asians that go to tanning salons? Are only white people the ones that get tans? You fucking racist moron.
BorderInspector 1 year ago
@methmonster420 uh white people arent the only ones who tan. pretty much everyone but black people do it. and obama isn't the only one making decisions in the white house idiot. i doubt he even came up with the idea of taxing tanning salons anyways
Chacha5678 1 year ago
10% tax on tanning? This must be disappointing for the cast of Jersey Shore.
ihatebeverlyhills 1 year ago
Chemicals like tanning sprays or sun screen are much more likely to cause problems than UVB or sun.
RachelBartlett 1 year ago
A typical session at a tanning salon costs, what, $15? Ish? So it's an extra $1.50 cost to your vanity. Deal with it. That $1.50 every time you tan is going toward helping pay for your treatment when you get skin cancer.
apapazukamori 1 year ago
Lack of sunlight and vitamin D is the reason why we have a flu season in the first place.
I am not vain at all -- I suffer from extreme SAD in winter, and a skin condition that is endurable only with enough UVB. Skin cancer is caused by lack of sun, not by overexposure. Most skin cancers are on parts of the body that get hardy any light, like feet.
Get informed.
RachelBartlett 1 year ago
@RachelBartlett Sorry about your extreme SAD and mysterious skin condition. You, however, are more than likely in the minority of people who use a tanning bed to treat illnesses/conditions. As for your claims re: skin cancer, cite some sources or gtfo.
apapazukamori 1 year ago
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apapazukamori 1 year ago
This isn't against small businesses. It is about making it more affordable to practice healthy lifestyles, and to discourage spending on unhealthy lifestyles. We should adopt this policy in more areas, such as nutrition... healthy food costs so much more than the unhealthy crap. It shouldn't be that way. Poor people should be encouraged to live healthy lifestyles by the market.
okahyaoga 1 year ago 5
tanning salons are for repitilians
quitearow 1 year ago
The government taxes alcohol, cigarettes, and have even talked about taking sugary foods and drinks. How is this any different? If you want to tan, go outside! It's free. Or live in an area that gets sun all the damn time. I'm sick of these rich assholes that bitch over a small tax but don't care about things like war, poverty, and cancer research.
cypress8blade 1 year ago
I have seen not a single ray of sun from December 25 til January 25th. Do some resarch into geoegineering to find out why.
Vitamin D is the best protection against the flu.
RachelBartlett 1 year ago
Spray on tan is just as harmful as tanning beds! I guess we are too stupid to make our own choices!!!
moonbaby625 1 year ago
Ok....but this tax is targetting a business that is with out doubt exposing people to cancer.
Normally I would say that people should be aware of the dangers and be able to make their own decisions about tanning.
However, when you hear a moron saying that tanning is a good source of vitamins then one has to wonder.
olTOml24 1 year ago
@olTOml24 You have cancer cells in your body as we speak. You have a million virus's in your body too. This politically correct garbage has to stop. Thank GOD he's in control of your body than government.
getcreamed 1 year ago
I expect the New Jersey Quidos to riot?
Or maybe not.
DontMeanWell 1 year ago
lol sucks for white people ...trying to be black
JOS3EMMANUEL 1 year ago
Joesph takes it in the ass.
Pay the tax you fucking homo!!!!
Pvtjamesryan2 1 year ago
The Icelandic government has put an 18+ age limit on them, unless you have a skin condition.
PesiCool 1 year ago
2.7 billion tanning tax dollars in ten years? Is that based on the number of salons now or after most of them close. Just shows how the government is counting on funding for this Bill with revenue that won't be there or they are stealing from other programs.
Hey Obama, instead of dreaming up new ways to get us deeper in debt, get this economy going again.
stereokid 1 year ago
Everything causes cancer when the dems want to impose a new tax on people. Again, the tax is a racist tax. its clearly aimed to tax white people.
rodzilla255 1 year ago
Lol of course it's fair, we're going to have to pay for these moron's cancer later.
SpecialKit 1 year ago
The tax is based on race. Mostly, white people use tanning salons.
rodzilla255 1 year ago
@rodzilla255 its not all white people that tan. anyone can tan. im sick of hearing that this tax is racist because it is not!!!
chiccam101 1 year ago
Honestly, nobody cares about how tanning salons do. Get jobs that don't give people skin cancer.
dabom88 1 year ago
TAX the rich...
treid100182 1 year ago
I smoke.
BarryObamaJunior 1 year ago
this fag needs a 17 inch black dick down his throat to shut his annoying voice up!!! i bet he got that voive by sucking 2 much and jumping on it!!!
solimiansky 1 year ago
Let's think about cigarettes.
We know they're bad. Tabaco industry in denial for decades. "Ppl can decide themselves" & they still smoke.
Gov taxes the heck out of them. Less smokers less cancer less health care costs. Hmmm
I don't smoke. I didn't need the gov's help. Does it work for everyone else? Sounds like a yes.
zachattackoorah 1 year ago
LOL I bet Boner is pissed.
Smartassawhip 1 year ago
THIS IS COMPLETE RACIST! I wonder what would happen if we taxed 10% on AFROSHEEN, SWEET POTATO PIE, WATERMELON, STRAWBERRY SODA, FRIED CHICKEN, SHEA BUTTER, and anything and everything the NIGGERS buy? All white folks (R or D) should be fighting to exclude this from the bill. PERIOD.
22bailee 1 year ago
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ah taxes.
I bet you this fucking queer voted for Obama.
Time to head out doors and get a free tan.
You fucking morons. There goes the small business being supported, I mean destroyed by government.
Poor get poor and the morons still vote for the people who promise, promise, promise. and fucking screw them in the fucking ass and don't even know it.
I cant wait until Al Gores dream of tax cuts on carbon come into effect.
TheLiberalssuckdick 1 year ago
@TheLiberalssuckdick I'm sure Obama will work on screwing everyone equally that's what communists do.
ShadeRage2007 1 year ago
I could see this moron go outside to get a Tan, Get skin cancer, and letting the tax payer pay the treatment.
You would think Obama and the genius would not tax this.
But hey, let the liberals deal with it.
TheLiberalssuckdick 1 year ago
Oh yeah, public health care..he must be the antichrist nostradamus told us about!
Max10192 1 year ago
1. what a fag! 2. what a random tax...
BabybooR33 1 year ago
"Salt is bad for you, hence it is illegal."~Sandra Bullock in Demolition Man.
swordofisis 1 year ago
Good! I hope that they go out of business. To pay to get darker is ridiculous. White people love to get darker and they are the same ones who hate people who are darker then they are in general. Or whites trying to fit in. Hope all you white people develop cancer and then it won't be so hip, as you white people call it.
ahhyo2006 1 year ago 2
ignorant monkey.
swordofisis 1 year ago
darkskinned ppl are dark to protect themselves from the sun and white people are white to soak more in because sunlight helps create vitamin d in the body and most people develop cancer due to vitamin d deficiency and black people get cancer from not getting enough sun or uv light and thats true research it a lil bit
TheOpenmynded 1 year ago
It is a tax on being a young attractive white woman.
SSanf 1 year ago
@SSanf
surely then there should be no need for a tan?
xgs724 1 year ago
Tanning beds are a danger to health, therefore as an incentive not to use them like cigarettes, tax them and lower the taxes on necessary items.
People will continue to use them just as people continue to smoke.
muse54 1 year ago 3
their is only one way to solve this problem.
NOVEMBER 2010 FIRE NANCY PELOSI
15 MILLION OUT OF WORK.
HOUSING MARKET IS FALLING APART.
AND obama AND THE democrats ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT HEALTH CARE.
THE WORKING MIDDLE CLASS YOU BETTER WAKE UP.
VOTE ALL DEMOCRATS OUT OF OFFICE.
ryen1992 1 year ago
All of that was caused by mismanagment by the republican party. Both parties suck. Seriously, grow up or die.
cypress8blade 1 year ago
Contact your States' Attorney General and fight Big Brother ObamaCare
max1media 1 year ago
these owners just want to tan you and take your cash, no detailed researched has been doen, but blastin uv rays at your skin from inches away... you deserve to die.
12GaugeLosAngeles 1 year ago 2