Guess who owns the majority of tanning salons? The majority of tanning salons are small businesses owned by women. According to CNN Money:

“This is going to close tanning salons,” said Joseph Levy, vice president of the International Smart Tan Network, which has 3,000 member salons. “You can’t just pass on a tax like this to customers and not have it hurt your bottom line.”

Levy estimates that about 9,000 jobs are in jeopardy and more than 1,000 salons are at risk of being forced to close their doors. The tax also targets middle-class and female business owners, with about two-thirds of tanning salons in the U.S. owned by women, he said.

In addition to putting thousands of employees out of work, Levy predicts the tax will ultimately generate 40% to 50% less than the projected $2.7 billion.

“There was no due diligence done on how much money this will raise, and it’s going to be nowhere near what they are expecting,” he said. “After taxing female entrepreneurs and primarily female customers, this is the other part of what’s so repulsive about this tax.

Wait. I thought we had to pass Obamacare because being a “woman is an pre-existing condition?” (That’s incorrect. Women are statistically more likely to go to the doctor and have major illnesses. When you use a service more, it costs more. You can could also opt out of expensive maternity riders on most plans.) Women overwhelmingly voted for Obama, yet in his first major legislative win, he directly targets businesses owned by women? Why the hate, Barry? Do you have issues with women?

Tanning salon owners are also largely middle class. What was that promise about no new taxes on the middle class? I’m fairly certain that the average tanning salon owner is not making $250,000 or more per year.

These facts are probably a surprise to most Democrats and Obamacare supporters. Since the majority of tanning salons are in middle class neighborhoods in fly-over country, I doubt that those swanky policy makers have ever deigned to walk into one. They probably thought this is a magic revenue stream that would bring in funds for the largest tax increase in history. That’s how taxes work, right? The money just rolls into the government’s coffers without negatively hurting anyone. I keep forgetting that the Anointed One is capable of making money grow on trees in Michelle’s kitchen garden.