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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Those of you decrying the "nanny state" should realize that if it were truly the case, then the beds would be banned along with a host of other potentially harmful health & beauty products. (Besides, where were some of you "nanny staters" when Buy American was sold to you?) No, this is a tax to offset the real cost of cancer that arises out of regular use of tanning beds.
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Why should the government ban it when they can publicly state it's bad for you then tax you for using it? They already do that with alcohol, tobacco, gambling, etc and there has been discussion about doing the same for marijuana, soda, pizza, prostitution, etc.
I've also never bought into the 'buy American' mantra either. I'll give consideration to American products only where the quality is at least as good as whats made elsewhere.