Responses to Our Poll on the Elective Cosmetic Tax
The poll we posted 2 weeks ago received over 40 responses. The largest group – almost half the participants – agreed that a tax on cosmetic surgery would discriminate against women.
In the “other” category, we got the following 3 responses:
- A fair tax to pay for an elective “luxury” procedure.
- Will negatively impact the industry.
- Largely a tax on the middle class. Nixes Obama’s pledge not to raise our taxes.
The discrimination arguments tend to be the most significant and interesting side of this debate, in my opinion. Terry O’Neill, President of NOW, the National Organization for Women, recently voiced strong opposition to it as a “tax on middle-aged women,” an argument that has some “third wave” feminists scratching their heads.
