Apparently the Democratic party didn't consult with the first woman Speaker of the House, Rep Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), about taxing cosmetic surgery so they hit something of a wall when they proposed to do so. Although more women than men approve of the Democratic so called health care reform bills, this depends on whose face is being gored, uhm excuse me again, or whose face is being surgically enhanced. Women are deeply opposed to the proposed 5% so called Bo-Tax (from botox, get it?) on cosmetic surgery to help pay for "affordable health care coverage for everyone." Sez who? Sez the president of the National Organization of Women, (NOW) no less. As quoted by Jesse McKinley in the New York Times Terry O'Neill, the president of the National Organization for Women, said middle-age women, who make up a bulk of her group's financers, would be particularly susceptible to the tax, especially now. Many who have lost jobs might be considering surgery, she said, because they...(Read Full Post)