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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:51 PM Original message |
Poll question: Senate Bill Would Tax Cosmetic Surgery |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just tax dividends and interest as much as they tax wages. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. the theory is that the money invested that earns dividends has already been taxed |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. The same could be said about all taxes. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'll be interested what Henry Waxman's position on that is |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. From Botox to Botax. |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good! |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Bad. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I don't like it either. Regular middle class people get a lot of |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Sorry, but I have no problem with shallow, self-absorbed twits having to pay a tax on facelifts. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Same here. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. bariatric surgery is not cosmetic |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's better than some taxes, but... |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. I agree. I don't like the idea of any medical treatment being taxed |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. I think it's seen as a luxary tax and this another way to tax wealth |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. I sense a huge upswing in "deviated septum" diagnoses on the horizon. nt |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Is that how you could get around the tax to pay for a nose job? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yep. nt |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hello Thailand |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. I voted "no". |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Someone on The View said that! |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Please tell me it wasn't Elizabeth. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Hmmm..where I live, women mainly get surgery/botox just to compete . Tax it all. |
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tova (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. breast reconstruction |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Women get the most "cosmetic" surgery |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. any opportunity to cry victimhood, eh? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. It doesn't affect me personally so I'm not a victim |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. This particular one ends at opting for a treadmill instead of liposuction. |
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tova (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. mesectomy |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Gee, Lance, |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. bilateral mastectomy is trauma n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. That would fall under "disfiguring disease". Unless prophylactic surgery |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. That would come under disfiguring disease |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. Good. Yes it is a sin tax, and finally on one of the right sins. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. Good. Unless it's for surgery after a mastectomy or accident. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. If it is a surgery of choice, yeah, tax the hell out of it. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. Nip them where they tuck! |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. Real Housewive of Orange County will not like this at all! |
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