The Bo-Tax

Congress – apparently with the help of Obama budget director Peter Orszag – have come up with their bestest-ever plan to pay for ObamaCare: The Bo-Tax.

Face-lifts, tummy tucks and hair transplants could be hit with a new tax to help finance the trillion-dollar healthcare overhaul plan, according to sources familiar with the Senate talks.

The Senate Finance Committee has discussed imposing a 10 percent excise tax on cosmetic surgery deemed unnecessary for medical purposes. The idea was broached in a meeting with OMB Director Orszag in mid-July, after which Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus told reporters he had heard some “interesting,” “creative,” and “kind of fun” ideas.

The tax, which has not been officially scored, would plug some of the revenue gap senators are seeking to fill to keep on schedule for a markup the week of Aug. 3. It would target procedures prohibited under Section 213 of the tax code, which deals with itemized deductions for medical expenses not covered by health insurance.

The mind boggles at the sheer genius of Petey Orszag and the “kind of fun”  members of Congress who came up with this stoke of utter genius to pay for the dismantling of American health care. Why the sheer dollars collected from John Kerry alone could eliminate the entire national debt in one year.

What a bunch of complete and utter buffoons we have trying to “fix” health care. This is their master plan?

This will pay all the costs?

(Congress just lost support from a lot of people as I see it.)

Start making noise, people. Start writing or calling your Senators and Congressman. Make it clear that there will be a price for voting for this sort of thing.

Hope and change just jumped the shark.