Ding dong, the Botax is dead! (for now)

THANK YOU to all of you who picked up the phone, emailed, or wrote letters to your Senators! I guess grass-roots democracy still works some of the time. The proposed 5% tax on all cosmetic procedures is being withdrawn tonight as part of Senator Reid's "manager's amendments" to the healthcare bill currently being debated in the Senate. That means the final Senate version of the bill will not include this onerous tax on middle-class women.

We need to keep our eyes peeled, though, as there will be ample opportunity in the coming weeks for it to be reintroduced.

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