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Name:   Talullahhound The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   More of What They Didn't Read
Date:   5/6/2010 8:37:46 PM

The tax on the tanning,while not directly related to health care, is indirectly related. Studies have shown that tanning in a tanning bed is a lot worse for you than regular sun. It's rather like a tax on smoking and is supposed to discourage people from doing something bad.
Melanoma is on the rise. In fact, the husband of a friend just died from it -- in his 50's.

I'm generally not in favor of legislation that tries to force people into doing the right thing for themselves. I doubt anyone that is really into the stupidity of tanning will stop doing it just because it is taxed. But, if we get a little revenue from stupidity, what's so bad about it.


If one is in business, one should be keeping track of their expenses anyway... at the end of the day, how else would you know if you made a profit? So I'm not sure I think this is a significant "lost productivity" issue. But, what does it have to do with health care? Got me. But then they always attach totally unrelated items to the major bills. How else would they get this stuff through?
Other messages in this thread:View Entire Thread
More of What They Didn't Read - MrHodja - 5/6/2010 6:53:37 PM
     #2 is a tax on white folks - Lifer - 5/6/2010 7:49:36 PM
     More of What They Didn't Read - Talullahhound - 5/6/2010 8:37:46 PM
          More of What They Didn't Read - GoneFishin - 5/6/2010 9:02:57 PM
          Hound, you don't know squat about business - MartiniMan - 5/6/2010 9:12:17 PM
               er, I'm an MBA - Talullahhound - 5/6/2010 10:48:37 PM
                    er, I'm an MBA, without a clue. - Lifer - 5/7/2010 7:46:53 AM
                         Lifer - water_watcher - 5/7/2010 1:34:12 PM
                              your absolutely right of course. - Lifer - 5/7/2010 4:46:12 PM
                    er, I'm an MBA - MartiniMan - 5/7/2010 8:25:42 AM
                         Actually only took them 4 years - MartiniMan - 5/7/2010 8:27:58 AM
                    er, I'm an MBA - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 8:29:05 AM
                         Maybe - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:44:49 AM
                              I bet Bill Gates wishes he had and MBA - MartiniMan - 5/8/2010 12:29:57 PM
                    er, I'm an MBA - Barneget - 5/7/2010 11:15:01 PM
          More of What They Didn't Read - Summer Lover - 5/6/2010 10:32:31 PM
               If - Talullahhound - 5/6/2010 10:55:52 PM
                    If - Summer Lover - 5/6/2010 11:13:51 PM
                         If - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:47:08 AM
                    If - comrade - 5/6/2010 11:16:33 PM
     More of What They Didn't Read - Summer Lover - 5/6/2010 10:16:48 PM
     The other side of the coin. - Lifer - 5/7/2010 9:29:07 AM
          All I can say is..... - lamont - 5/7/2010 12:14:09 PM
               HEY MM - GoneFishin - 5/7/2010 5:51:16 PM
                    A Little More Than That - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 9:37:20 PM
                         A Little More Than That - GoneFishin - 5/7/2010 10:48:05 PM
                              A Little More Than That - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 11:37:07 PM
                         Ah Yes - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 10:05:33 AM
                              Overseen, reviewed, studied..... - MartiniMan - 5/8/2010 12:10:10 PM
                                   Wrong. - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:35:23 PM
                                        No, you wrong. - MartiniMan - 5/9/2010 8:42:28 AM
                                             MM is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT - Barneget - 5/9/2010 4:53:56 PM
                                                  I'm not Embarassed - Talullahhound - 5/9/2010 5:41:30 PM
                                                       I'm not Embarassed - Barneget - 5/9/2010 9:47:39 PM
                                             No, you wrong. - Talullahhound - 5/9/2010 5:36:41 PM
                                                  Its not important - MartiniMan - 5/9/2010 5:51:13 PM
                                                  One sentence says it all - Lifer - 5/10/2010 10:45:19 AM
                                                       One sentence says it all - MrHodja - 5/10/2010 11:15:20 AM
                    HEY GF - MartiniMan - 5/7/2010 10:48:36 PM
                         HEY GF - GoneFishin - 5/7/2010 11:01:37 PM
                              HEY GF - comrade - 5/7/2010 11:17:25 PM
                              CHALLENGE - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 11:40:13 PM
                                   HEY COMMIE - GoneFishin - 5/8/2010 12:41:41 AM
                                        HEY COMMIE - comrade - 5/8/2010 12:58:54 AM
                                             HEY COMMIE THIS LESS VEILED - GoneFishin - 5/8/2010 1:21:02 AM
                                                  HEY COMMIE THIS LESS VEILED - comrade - 5/8/2010 1:28:40 AM
                                        HEY COMMIE - comrade - 5/8/2010 1:16:23 AM
                    MM - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:57:37 AM
                         I prefer a puffer fish - MartiniMan - 5/8/2010 11:53:05 AM
               Never got an advanced degree Lamont? - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:54:23 AM
                    Never got an advanced degree Lamont? - Lifer - 5/8/2010 12:38:14 PM
                         Never got an advanced degree Lamont? - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 6:49:17 PM
                         business vs. government. - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 8:23:30 PM
                              Clarification - Lifer - 5/9/2010 8:05:20 AM
          You Know. - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:52:29 AM
               You Know. - comrade - 5/8/2010 10:17:21 AM
                    No - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 10:26:47 AM
                         No - comrade - 5/8/2010 7:26:30 PM
                         No - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 8:09:07 PM
                              Yes - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 8:25:47 PM
                                   Yes - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 8:48:03 PM
               You Know. - comrade - 5/8/2010 10:17:22 AM
               You Know. - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 12:06:37 PM
                    I Don't - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 8:33:37 PM
                         I Don't - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 8:49:52 PM


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