Bo-Tax Replaced with Tanning Tax

An article written by Caitlin McDevitt in Monday’s Washington Post explains that Senate Democrats have decided to scrap their highly ridiculed cosmetic-surgery tax, also known as the "bo-tax." Desperate to find another revenue source that is perhaps less susceptible to mockery, Democrats have decided on a tanning "sin tax." The tanning tax is one of the seven tax hikes in the Senate healthcare bill that violate President Obama’s "firm pledge" not to raise "any form" of taxes on families making less than $250,000...read more