{"id":4515,"date":"2010-09-14T04:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/raise-taxes-and-lose-votes-poll\/"},"modified":"2010-09-14T04:00:22","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T08:00:22","slug":"raise-taxes-and-lose-votes-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/raise-taxes-and-lose-votes-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Raise Taxes and Lose Votes: Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-09-14-Tan-tax-vote-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4516\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"2010-09-14 Tan tax vote copy\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-09-14-Tan-tax-vote-copy.jpg\" alt=\"2010-09-14 Tan tax vote copy\" width=\"285\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>More than 5 out of 6 tanning facility owners say the incorporation of a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning as part of Health Care Legislation this year has affected how they will cast their votes for congressional leaders in November, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in September.<\/p>\n<p>According to the SmartTan.com poll, 87 percent say the tax has affected how they will vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most logical way to read this is that tanning business owners will be voting against those who forced a 10 percent luxury tax on tanning into this bill as a horse-trade with the Botox Lobby without any process, representation, economic impact or thought,&#8221; Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. &#8220;It&#8217;s also likely that many of the 13 percent who say their vote will be unaffected by the 10 percent tax were already going to vote for someone who didn&#8217;t vote &#8220;yes&#8221; on the bill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-09-14-Tan-tax-poll.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4517\" title=\"2010-09-14-Tan-tax-poll\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-09-14-Tan-tax-poll.jpg\" alt=\"2010-09-14-Tan-tax-poll\" width=\"383\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 5 out of 6 tanning facility owners say the incorporation of a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning as part of Health Care Legislation this year has affected how they will cast their votes for congressional leaders in November, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in September. 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