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Heather Graham at "The Hangover" Hollywood Premiere (photos)

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Katie Price Beach Photoshoot

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Wonderbra's New Ultimate Strapless Bra

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Marilyn Bra Secrets revealed

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Victoria’s Secret to February’s GQ for Valentine’s Day

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Girls Gone Wild Syndrome

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OMG: That’s not safe [pic]…Tanya (Anna) Song More PHOTOS…

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I Can See Alessandra Ambrosio's Nipple

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Plus-Size Models Clothed & Nude V Magazine Photo Spread (NSFW)

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Jessica Simpson "Allure" Pictures

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Why taxing cosmetic surgery is a bad idea.
If Americans were concerned about Congress getting its grubby hands on their Medicare, wait till it touches their breast implants. Among the ways the Senate health care bill pays for itself is a 5 percent tax on elective cosmetic surgery like tummy tucks, face lifts, hair plugs, collagen injections, and any other nonrequired procedures—a proposal known as the "Botax."
Plastic surgeons, like many of their patients, aren't smiling. Industry groups like the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons have launched campaigns against the tax, arguing not only that it would hurt business during a recession—elective surgeries are down already—but that it doesn't target the high rollers Congress is aiming for. Furthermore, says Big Knife, taxing cosmetic surgery could sag the economy as a whole, just when it needs a lift most. (The tax would raise an estimated $6 billion.)

The tax seems like an easy populist sell. One imagines the main clientele of plastic surgeons as the cast of the Real Housewives of New Jersey. But the tax isn't as progressive as it sounds, say surgeons. According to a 2005 survey by the ASPS, one-third of people who get plastic surgery make less than $30,000 a year, 70 percent of clients make less than $60,000, 86 percent make less than $90,000, and only 13 percent make more than $90,000. (Of course, that survey was based on people planning to get elective surgery, not those who actually got it.) Indeed, cosmetic surgery is an industry supported largely by people who can't afford it—a full 85 percent of operations are paid for using credit, according to Middlebury sociology professor Laurie Essig. As a result, the tax would hit low-income consumers especially hard.

But the argument isn't just that taxing plastic surgery is bad for the economy. It's also that plastic surgery itself is good for the economy. Call it a … (rimshot, please) stimulus package.

http://www.slate.com/id/2236447?wpisrc=newsletterWhy taxing cosmetic surgery is a bad idea. If Americans were concerned about Congress... more