Showing posts with label tanning tax. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tanning tax. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Tanning Tax Whining Is Ridiculous

I have been amused listening to these far-right commentators whining that President Obama is being racist against white people because of this tanning tax.

A tanning tax is a vanity tax. If people are that obsessed with how they look then they should be willing to spend the little extra to showcase their bodies.

It's interesting how, in some ways, it is fashionable to have darker skin. Does this mean these right-wing nuts (including the likes of Jim Quinn) are saying President Obama does not want more people with darker skin?

Go lay out in the sun. That's tax free.

Media Matters for America:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201007060006

Media Matters for America:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201003300011

Monday, March 29, 2010

Is Tanning Tax Racist And Targeting Lighter-Skinned People?

Doc Thompson, some guy filling in for Glenn Beck's Show is of the belief that the tanning tax is targeting lighter-skinned people.

If that is true, then does that mean that tanning salons are discriminating against darker-skinned people with the product they offer?

The whole discussion is just plain stupid.

Media Matters for America:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201003300014