A beauty tax?
Crazy McAdams in Argentina argues that pretty people should be required to pay a beauty tax. Why? He says, “Good looking people have an unfair advantage. It’s easier for them to find jobs; they’re paid more and find partners more easily. In a true democracy, beautiful and ugly people should be given equal opportunities. So I think we should tax the beautiful, a kind of compensation for the ugly ducklings.” In related news, I think I should get tax benefits for sucking at math, for being saddled with chubalicious thighs from birth, and for not being blessed with Mariah Carey’s eight-octave range. It’s just not fair!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
This is my favorite post ever. And let me just throw in that I want a tax break for not having legs like Elle Macphersons’. If I can’t get a tax break, I will take her legs
April 14th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
How does that make sense? Ugly people already lack self-esteem and possibly (although I’m not convinced) have a harder time finding jobs and partners, but now, they’re going to *know* that they’re ugly and everyone thinks so because they don’t have to pay a tax. And isn’t beauty in the eye of the beholder? Who will decides who pays the tax?
April 15th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Exactly! who decides who the ugly and the beautiful are? This is completely ridiculous!!
April 15th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Ha! Can you imagine that process? “Um sir, you look like you’ve been hit across the face with a flaming shovel a few times, so we’re going to do you the honors giving you a bit of a tax break to compensate for your sheer repulsiveness.”
Do people have to apply for it? Will Heather Mills be one of the judges to determine if someone qualifies? Sooo many unanswered questions…