I have been warning that once the government is paying for health care, liberals will come up with all kinds of new taxes for behavior modification. They will use “saving money” as the excuse to protect you from yourself.
Well, it didn’t take long.
Indoor tanning salons will charge customers a 10 percent tax beginning today in just one of the changes Americans will see as a result of the U.S. health-care overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama.
Busy-bodies have already used the government to tax or ban many products including cigarettes and transfat. They are attempting to outlaw salt in the New York City restaurants and Philly is tax soda to reduce consumption.
We are more than on a slippery slope. We are barreling down a water slide.
Update: How many stickin’ times did Obama promise us that if we made under $250,000, we wasn’t going to raise our taxes? Did you believe him? Do you believe anything he says?
Update II: Instapundit points out that this is a racist tax.
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