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Congress increased taxes by imposming 10% tax on individuals receiving indoor tanning services was tacked on, and the initiative is expected to generate $2.7 billion over ten years.
This tax on included in the new health care bill passed by the liberal Democrats and signed by President Obama.
Sin Taxes are imposed to create disincentives and redirect consumption.
By implementing taxes on goods and services, what will it do? Well, it really depends on the elasticity of demand for those products, and even though most of those products are inelastic, it will still curb consumption, so since sales are down, jobs will be cut.
Who is going to tell those people that their jobs are cut because the nation needs more healthy people?
The redirected consumption will boost demand, the companies which are offering non-taxed alternatives will require more workers to keep up with the new higher rates of consumption. So after a small fall in jobs in a nation, you get back to what it was with better health overall.
People who get skin cancer from tanning eat up medical resources that could have been used by others. Clearly, tanning harms more than just the person getting the tan.
Or you just end up with a bunch of the lower class becoming poorer because they have to spend more money on their "sins" then on essential goods while the government ends up wasting the collected wealth that could be spend in thousands of better ways.
Some people would undoubtedly have that happen to them. Most would get over their 'sin' by the indirect show of force onto the people.
It differs on the government on how much gets wasted compared to how much good it does for the world. Please list the thousands (I want a thousand different things, not variants of the same thing) of things that the government WILL do worse (could implies that they the possibility is there, however is uncommon) seeing as how big of a number you give with seemingly good knowledge you have on the subject. Please cite sources and historical instances for each you give. I wish to be educated on what you know.
Everything can be justified, it may just not be the answer people are looking for.
Sin= In this case, anything that is viewed as unfavorable by general public.
Considering that most people love living skin cancer free, I would say health. But according to you, as long as you have a job, you're okay with other people paying for your doctor bills and insurance costs.
You have to pay for stuff. There is a direct correlation between tanning beds and cancer... thus the need for healthcare, and so makes sense to tax it in a Healthcare bill. More, prior to this Tanning Beds were one of the few unhealthy things one could do with little to no tax. Ex there's a large tax on smoking, alcohol, etc.
And it is curious that the same ones who constantly cry about the deficit, continue crying when government pays for something... actually it's not curious, kind of expected at this point, but worth pointing out.
Health care should be paid on a individual basis. It is a product and shouldn't be subsidized.
Guess what, there is a direct correlation between tanning outdoors and cancer, should they be taxed?
I don't use tanning beds nor tan outdoors, but those who do use tanning beds and don't pay health care on individual basis, yet they get health care at a discount or free on the backs of those who do use tanning beds and have health care and those who don't use tanning beds.
There you go thinking everyone on earth is a millionaire again.
1. Maybe 1% of humans on earth can "pay" for cancer treatment, hence insurance.
2. Insurance companies have a monopoly in this country which has lead to the worst and most expensive healthcare in the industrialized world.
3. Therefore, government enforcing options for healthcare is a great idea.
4. Taxing on things which may lead to expensive treatments later is a great way to "insure" later treatment - since half the people who get cancer wind up on the governments tab anyway when they wait till the last minute to go to an ER
That seems pretty straightforward to me. He said he won't raise any form of taxes on anyone who's income is less than $250,000 a year. Considering he lied (again), I don't think it is justifiable in the least bit.
NO. It's racist against white people because only white people use such tanning services. Therefore, such a tax is UNFAIRLY TARGETING WHITES, and OBAMA IS A RACIST.
"Why can't those people just use the sun like everyone else?"
Why can't we all use horses or bicycles rather than cars??????
When are people going to realize that the goverment takes OUR money and gives it back only if we act how they want us to.
The goverment wants to take more of your money if you tan....that is not what a goverment is supposed to do.
And to add insult, those who don't tan,smoke,etc say yeah tax them not knowing that when you allow them to tax others to control them, eventually they want your money also.
Freedom....... when you try to take someone else's you give up yours also,eventually.
Why can't we all use horses or bicycles rather than cars??????
We can. That is irrelevant. What is the point in asking that?
When are people going to realize that the goverment takes OUR money and gives it back only if we act how they want us to.
They give us back the money by supplying us with certain things- roads, schools, hospitals, protection, etc.
They don't take the money and say "We will keep this until you change your habits."
And to add insult, those who don't tan,smoke,etc say yeah tax them not knowing that when you allow them to tax others to control them, eventually they want your money also.
The post I disputed clearly uses an example that was absurd so I threw back an absurd example to show how absurd it is.
""We will keep this until you change your habits."
Uh, unless your state abides by the federal guidelines(speed limits,seat belts,etc) they don't give federal funds back to the state in which they took federal taxes from. Are you from the US? You don't know this????
We don't mind paying taxes for roads,schools etc, we mind when they tell us if we don't do what they tell us, they won't give us federal funds.Federal mandates to get federal funds taken from the state.
"Can you give me an example of that?"
Uh, look at the other side of this argument.
One comment is "Why can't they use the sun like everyone else?"
This person agrees with the tax because it doesn't affect them (yeah, tax them). Taxing controls those being taxed (other side of argument admits this) until eventually one of that person's activities is taxed more and they complain.
Once you accept that the federal goverment can tax someone to stop or use less of something, how can you complain later when it affects you.
1. Obama is half black, was raised by white people, in Hawaii which is almost all Asian, it would be nearly impossible for him to be racist even if he tried... and you're an idiot.
2. Anyone is allowed to use a tanning bed if they want, it is not segregated, that mostly white people do is inconsequential. For instance, is taxing gas racist against people who drive cars? No it isn't, and you're an idiot.
3. There is a direct correlation between tanning beds, and cancer, which means later in life those who tan are more likely to need very expensive treatment, and so it makes perfect sense to tax it in a Healthcare bill... and you're an idiot.
It seems to me that the government, not content with merely providing health advice, is now trying to directly influence people's behaviour. In this regard I believe that it has overstepped its authority. If people wish to use sunbeds then that is their right, regardless of the effects on their health. In relation to sunbeds, I think legislation limiting the amount of time one can spend inside is far fairer, as opposed to taxing it. However, this is not about health, this is about money, as per usual.
