· During these bad times, it is small business owners that are suffering the most.
· Business owners with 2-5 employees have been really in a fix
· Whatever is left over is being taken away by the E-Commerce
· If I have to talk about myself – I am at the helm of 160+ tanning salons.
· I have been expanding by at least 15 locations every year.
· With every store – I am creating Jobs for at least 5-7 individuals and contributing towards construction and manufacturing jobs.
· How many locations have I added this year - - “ZERO”
· After paying the
è Increased Minimum Wage
è Increased ComEd rates / bills
è Fighting off the NEW 10% Tan Tax
è Paying more taxes
There is nothing left to re-invest. Whose loss is it?
More recently, the Federal government introduced 10% Tan Tax, replacing 5% Tax on Botox. What did they do? Who are they penalizing?
· 80% of tanning salons are owned by Female Entrepreneurs
· 80% of tanners are Females
· 80% of employees are Females
· JUST IMAGINE HOW HAPPY THESE FEMALE SUPPORTERS OF THIS SO CALLED DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE? – NOT AT ALL HAPPY.
Here are the Few Facts about Sun Light:
· Every LIFE needs sun light (UVB Light)
è Plants needs sun light to grow (science of photosynthesis)
è Animals need sunlight to survive
è We, Human Beings, need Sun Light to generate Vitamin D & SERETUM in our body.
· Tanning is JUST A NAME given by us human beings. Otherwise it is nothing but “sitting in sun light and absorbing the UVB rays”
· Tanning beds have the SAME UVB Light as the Sun
· THAN HOW COME SUNLIGHT IS “PROJECTED” BAD BY THE Sunscreen and Cosmetic industry.
MODERATION is the word:
· Anything done in moderation is good for body.
· Consumption of 2 liters of water is good for body, however drinking lot of water can cause death
· Consumption of a glass of wine is deemed good for health, NOT a whole bottle
· Consumption of 2 Advil is deemed good for arthritis pain, NOT a whole bottle
· Similarly sitting in Sun Light for 15-20 minutes gives us the “required” Vitamin D. However if you are out in Sun all day, you probably will get Skin Burns which can result in cancer.
· Tanning salons, REGULATED BY LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, provides this controlled environment so that no one suffers from such skin burns.
Did you know these facts:
· There are approximately 19,000 tanning salons in US
· These 19,000 salons employ approximately 160,000 individuals
· ONLY 10% people tan
· As mentioned before – Women constitute 80% of the above numbers.
· There are five times more cases of Skin Cancer AFTER the invention of Sun Blocks / Sun Screens. Why?
· Maximum Skin Cancer is in North America where Sunlight is less. There are comparatively lot less cases of Skin Cancer in Southern America where there is plenty of Sunlight.
· Cosmetics and Medical industry spent over $20million in lobbying to penalize tanning industry
· Whereas tanning industry collected merely $500,000 to support its cause.
· How can Tanning Industry fight this “bad publicity” with no money in its pockets.
What is Tan Tax Doing?
· Knowingly or Unknowingly – you are creating a MONOPOLY.
· You are forcing small business owners to close their shops
· Closing of shops results in increasing the unemployment, which is already too high.
· Closing the shops results in creating vacancies in the shopping centers, centers that are already suffering from high vacancy rates
· And the ripple effect of all of this is un-imaginable.
· It was a total unnecessary move, particularly during the bad economic times.
· The Democratic Party is losing the Female Supporters
I hope you read this entire letter thoroughly. As a strong supporter, last thing I would like to do is part ways with the Party that I always believed in UNTILL NOW. I strongly urge you to take up these issues with your team and the entire Democratic Party, who is now losing their touch with the people from the streets and moving close to Wall Street. Please do all the needful to Repeal this Tan Tax.
Respectfully submitted
No comments:
Post a Comment