Reid-Tard's Boob Job Tax

Buried within Harry Reid's Health Care "Reform" Bill is a nasty little surprise to middle class women. It's a 5% tax on cosmetic medical procedures. The reason I state it's directed at middle class women is because two thirds of all cosmetic surgeries are sought by those making under $60,000 a year, and more than 90% are women.

But before anyone balks at this, it's been done before with outstanding results.

In 2004, New Jersey Democratic Assemblyman Joseph Cryan decided he was going to tax the crap out of plastic surgery. Such a proposal was meant to dig up some extra cash for New Jersey. But there were a few problems. First, they didn't take into account those who have to have reconstructive surgery for birth defects, accidents, or disease. Another problem was that it generated a paltry $9 million a year. Then too, it sent anyone who intended to have cosmetic surgery out of state, with cosmetic surgeons close on their heels.

Joseph Cryan now openly states it was a mistake of gigantic proportions, and he wants the law he enacted repealed. "It was a real education," he claims. "We essentially discouraged the business from happening at all." You think??

But I'm confused. I thought Obama said he would not tax anyone making under $250,000 a year. Not one penny, remember?

First they went after our mammograms, now our fake boobs. You ladies who are considering a little enhancement better run out and do it now, because it looks like Harry Reid is after your implants. Shake it while you got it, girls, because if you ever find yourself in need of a little lift/or enlargement, you'll be paying a great deal more for it.

You can bet Mexico, Thailand, and South America will benefit from this ignorance quite handsomely, when American women realize it's cheaper to get on a plane and have their surgery elsewhere.

The upside is that Nancy Pelosi's IV drip of Botox will cost her more.