If government wasn't involved in healthcare, it wouldn't need to raise taxes to cover its costs for treating people. (No need to respond.)
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
People who pay for such luxuries as tanning aren't about to be dissuaded by this tax. It's like many people with the price of gasoline. It might stay relatively high, but that doesn't dissuade many from rolling around in SUVs and V6es.
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I'm not certain that is true. When the fuel prices went through the roof a couple of years ago, that was a major contributor to the problems at GM and Ford. Most of their product lines were SUVs and trucks. The market for those product lines collapsed. So, people did react to the price of fuel and it was reflected in their purchasing choices. Since then, we've seen new products rushed to market from Ford and GM which have better mileage and prompted the "cash for clunkers" crap.
So, the tax is 10% on these beds. How much does it cost to go to one? How much are we talkin' here? Anyone?