quote:I am a tax paying citizen and I don't want to be funding cancer treatments through medicare for people that like to lay in tanning beds when they know it causes cancer, so I say tax the CRAP out of it, tax the CRAP out of cigarettes and just about any other unhealthy option people want to pursue too. Its not fair for my health premiums and taxes to go up because someone wants a deeper darker complexion so I think it is my decision.
Your real grievance should be with the fact that your money is funding Medicare. If you want to go down the road of stealing money from people who might do something that one day requires medical treatment, be prepared for your own money to be stolen and for everything you buy to cost more. And by the way, it's not your decision if we do things your way. It becomes the governments decision to decide what should be taxed and what should be treated.