Finally a Democrat I can agree with, how about you?
A Minnesota lawmaker wants people to pay more for their nips and tucks by extending Minnesota’s 6.5 percent sales tax to elective cosmetic surgery.
At a hearing Monday, Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, said the state already taxes spa treatments and fitness programs that people use to improve their appearance, so why not procedures for the perfect nose, lips or skin? The tax could generate $7 million, she said, but have a minimal effect on Minnesota’s poor or working families.
“There aren’t a lot of homeless people and there aren’t a lot of people who don’t have enough money for food who are getting optional cosmetic surgery,” she said.
The proposed tax would apply to hair transplants, laser hair removal, cosmetic injections and other elective procedures but not to reconstructive procedures such as those for burn or accident victims.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/16736466.htm
I can’t believe they weren’t taxing it before! YES! Great idea, in fact a USE tax is a fabulous idea across the board!
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