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DON'T GO THERE: DEMS EYE 10% TAX ON BOTOX, COSMETIC SURGERY
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Posted on 07/27/2009 2:42:56 PM PDT by kcvl
DON'T GO THERE: DEMS EYE 10% TAX ON BOTOX, COSMETIC SURGERY Mon Jul 27 2009 17:18:00 ET
Face-lifts, tummy tucks and hair transplants could be hit with a new tax to help finance the trillion-dollar healthcare overhaul plan, CONGRESS DAILY reports.
The Senate Finance Committee has discussed imposing a 10% excise tax on cosmetic surgery deemed unnecessary for medical purposes.
DAILY's Peter Cohn reveals: 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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; botox; cosmetic; cosmeticsurgery; democrats; surgery; tax; taxincrease
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Per Drudge...roflol!
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:42:57 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: kcvl
Liberals are idiots pure and simple.
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:43:38 PM PDT
by
Typical_Whitey
(Imagine if Bush had said the police acted stupidly when a black cop arrests a mouthy KKK member.)
To: kcvl
Nancy would be BROKE! LOL!
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:43:40 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
To: kcvl
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:44:43 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Impeach the sumbeech)
To: kcvl
That might be one way to pry medical insurance premiums for others from the claws of Mdm Pelosi
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:44:43 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(If you can't be a good example, at least don't be a horrible lesson)
To: Typical_Whitey
Do as I say, not as I do!
Of course, it wouldn’t apply to THEM!
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:45:00 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: kcvl
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:46:39 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.. I am Jim Thompson.)
To: kcvl
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:46:39 PM PDT
by
GQuagmire
To: kcvl
Good idea. Let's make it retroactive and our own reps in Washington will owe millions in back taxes. Pelosi alone could bail out California. LOL
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:47:36 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
(Lord, help us to attain knowledge and the wisdom to apply it toward your ultimate will.)
To: kcvl
If this passes, I predict all breast implants will be 10 percent smaller.
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:47:36 PM PDT
by
earlJam
To: kcvl
Congress exempts itself from a lot of nonsense like this.
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:48:32 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Stop meddling in the affairs of countries and individuals Obama!)
To: GQuagmire
Get Peggy Noonan the hell off our side!! She has turned into another Huffington.
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:49:57 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
(Lord, help us to attain knowledge and the wisdom to apply it toward your ultimate will.)
To: kcvl
There goes the Hollyweird endorsements.
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:49:58 PM PDT
by
COUNTrecount
(http://obamaclock.org/)
To: kcvl
Hold on...I have to pay for someone who wants an elective abortion AND I not only have to pay for my own elective nip and tuck but also get hit with a tax?
To: kcvl
10% per plug would rake in a lot of revenue!
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:50:43 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
To: kcvl
Why does it matter to Pelosi, et al. They don’t pay for it. We do.
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:50:48 PM PDT
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: kcvl
To: Typical_Whitey
Oh I like this idea.
But why stop at 10%?
After all, this surgery is clearly not needed. Lets raise some BIG bucks with it.
Lets go all TOBACCO on it.
Do I hear 100%
How about 200%
Anyone for 300%
Lets go raise some money for the wee sick kiddies.
To: kcvl
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
He spent a fortune on those plugs! roflol!
How many starving children could he have fed?!
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posted on
07/27/2009 2:53:02 PM PDT
by
kcvl
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