tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post8131706393621669760..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Taxation beyond the pale...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44667865414691736082009-12-22T00:55:28.081-05:002009-12-22T00:55:28.081-05:00Moriarty,
Don't forget the unions. In additi...Moriarty,<br /><br />Don't forget the unions. In addition to depicting tanning beds as medical appliances, ObamaCare will require genuine, register, union labor to operate said tanning bed "safely". Just like all medical devices will be union-operated.<br /><br />And then wait to see how quick union medical device operators, ambulance drivers, registered nurses, and physicians will be to serve someone that is not a union member. The first question may still be "Do you have insurance", but the next will be "Did you bring your union card? Oh. Well, you could wait in the non-union line over there, but you might just as well take a number and WAIT UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER."<br /><br />It is going to be really rich, when the Senate version of ObamaCare and the House version reach the reconciliation committee - and half the bribes get dropped, and most of the objectionable stuff gets stuck back in.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74757466238138763272009-12-21T21:26:22.757-05:002009-12-21T21:26:22.757-05:00Matthew,
Forget equal rights. If this passes, ha...Matthew, <br /><br />Forget equal rights. If this passes, have your doctor write a letter and open a case with the Department Health and Human Services under the Americans with Disabilities Act. <br /><br />One of the few remaining pleasures left in medicine is watching bureaucrats wet themselves when confronted by their own kind.Moriartynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20873211277536970052009-12-21T19:28:18.795-05:002009-12-21T19:28:18.795-05:00Divemedic for the win.
Of course, being of Irish ...Divemedic for the win.<br /><br />Of course, being of Irish extraction, and thus among the class of citizens (Melanistically Challenged persons) who require the precision and control of tanning booths for relatively safe tanning/Vitamin D production, I view this as a direct blow to my equal rights.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43723157956205513882009-12-21T17:08:22.718-05:002009-12-21T17:08:22.718-05:00The perfect government agency, with the perfect ac...The perfect government agency, with the perfect acronym:<br /><br />The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, and Color Enhancing Salons (BATFECES)wins the government acronym contest.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45627374713662390332009-12-21T16:22:32.672-05:002009-12-21T16:22:32.672-05:00Pfft.
Being that somewhere around 50% of the US i...Pfft.<br /><br />Being that somewhere around 50% of the US is vitamin D deficient, look for tanning beds to be relabeled as "medical devices." <br /><br />Tanning will then proceed "under medical supervision" (let's not get started on how little <i>that</i> means) and the writeoffs will commence.<br /><br />Damn these people are stupid.Moriartynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5608379030196972692009-12-21T16:04:55.390-05:002009-12-21T16:04:55.390-05:00Umm, most of the "tanning" places I'...Umm, most of the "tanning" places I've encountered have the obligatory tanning bed or two, but make most of their money off of, er, other services usually paid for in cash. So this is probably a fairly smart method to tax prostitution in a roundabout manner.Davidwhitewolfhttp://www.softgreenglow.com/wpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18166590581809312202009-12-21T15:40:26.594-05:002009-12-21T15:40:26.594-05:00John Boehner must be beside himself.
FWIW, I love...John Boehner must be beside himself.<br /><br />FWIW, I love Gilliam's <i>Brazil</i>.timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83573699802660968582009-12-21T15:38:09.752-05:002009-12-21T15:38:09.752-05:00Which just goes to show that politician's wive...Which just goes to show that politician's wives need face-lifts more than tans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86740706630318540562009-12-21T15:16:23.272-05:002009-12-21T15:16:23.272-05:00"...If I have to live in a dystopian future, ...<em>"...If I have to live in a dystopian future, I want it to at least be darkly comical; more Terry Gilliam than George Orwell."</em><br /><br />I dunno, <em>Brazil</em> was pretty scary, albeit wrapped in funny.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45486902269097771072009-12-21T14:53:13.677-05:002009-12-21T14:53:13.677-05:00In the future, we are all Archibald "Harry&qu...In the future, we are all Archibald "Harry" Tuttle. <br /><br />Some of us are simply already well on our way.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Rabbit.Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924556230506190220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66086937044858555352009-12-21T12:05:49.734-05:002009-12-21T12:05:49.734-05:00First they came for the beach bunnies, and I did n...First they came for the beach bunnies, and I did not speak out—because I am translucent;<br />Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.<br /><br />sStuart the Vikinghttp://www.drunkenroundtable.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7947104603287712402009-12-21T10:17:12.817-05:002009-12-21T10:17:12.817-05:00"Could have" and "would be" im..."Could have" and "would be" imply that they didn't and don't. For all we know they did, and I would be surprised if from time to time they don't.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9527485685021984112009-12-21T09:51:21.425-05:002009-12-21T09:51:21.425-05:00I'm waiting for the Individual Carbon Dioxide ...I'm waiting for the Individual Carbon Dioxide Emission Tax.Robert McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849168773343652368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3113400455429527542009-12-21T09:32:22.522-05:002009-12-21T09:32:22.522-05:00You haven't seen anything yet. Be interesting...You haven't seen anything yet. Be interesting to see how many doctors retire, hospitals close and how high health insurance premiums rise in the next few years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4672396024596003892009-12-21T09:29:10.058-05:002009-12-21T09:29:10.058-05:00Just wait until they impose the $0.10 per reader p...Just wait until they impose the $0.10 per reader per day blog tax.<br />You have to understand their reasoning. Since all money is printed by the government, all money rightfully belongs to the government. Any they allow you to keep is their gift to you and, out of gratitude, you should keep re-electing them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73465676552240241962009-12-21T09:08:06.888-05:002009-12-21T09:08:06.888-05:00Hey, they gotta pay that $871 billion tab somehow....Hey, they gotta pay that $871 billion tab <b>somehow</b>...Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65237452509437831682009-12-21T08:57:33.548-05:002009-12-21T08:57:33.548-05:00I can't figure out why Pelosi is more than wil...I can't figure out why Pelosi is more than willing to have her face butchered but not have something done about her earlobes that wobble back and forth like the arm flaps formerly found on Mama Cass every time she speaks. It's like having a built in lie detector. Then again, maybe that's why she's been hiding them behind her broom straw as of late...OAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7377386070487977432009-12-21T08:47:29.611-05:002009-12-21T08:47:29.611-05:00The National Tanning Tax would totally be worth it...The National Tanning Tax would totally be worth it if they assigned enforcement to the BATFET.<br /><br />If I have to live in a dystopian future, I want it to at least be darkly comical; more Terry Gilliam than George Orwell.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2274685122595323752009-12-21T08:41:34.909-05:002009-12-21T08:41:34.909-05:00I love the sound of snark in the morning.I love the sound of snark in the morning.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.com