The Racist Tax

One of the quirky little pieces of the new health care bill that has been the recent topic of conversation is the 10% tax on tanning. Tanning salon owners are outraged, and feel they are being unfairly targeted by the tax. While that is true, there are a few slightly more significant effects to consider.

To cite some basic principles of economics, the tax will raise the price of tanning to the consumer significantly, thus demand will decrease and the result will be a significant decrease in the number of mutually beneficial voluntary transactions. In doing so, the tax is detrimental to the welfare of society overall. Both parties suffer. The salon owner's profits shrink (his or her employees may also see a reduction in wages), and the consumer is forced to shell out more money for each visit to soak up some rays.

The main purpose of this article, however, is to reiterate the notion that Doc Thompson recently pointed out - that the 10% tax is the most fundamentally racist policy constituent Washington has ever produced in our twenty-first-century society.

“Why would the president of the United States of America - a man who says he understands racism, a man who has been confronted by racism - why would he sign such a racist law?”

See, dark skinned people have no use for tanning beds, so only whites are taxed as a result. This upsetting example of racism calls to attention the other hidden taxes we pay and often forget about, such as taxes on gasoline, travel, and fishing. Isn't it comforting to know that for every $1.00 you spend on a jar of peanut butter you pay $1.43 in import taxes?

The tanning tax is one of the many examples of US government policy that defies the framework of the Constitution. Apparently all men are not created equal.

By: Tyler Williamson

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Tyler runs a site about basic principles of economics. He also has a site about finding affordable motor car insurance. His site is called Car Insurance Ireland.