Your sadly obligatory health care reform update

The Senate Finance Committee has discussed imposing a 10 percent excise tax on cosmetic surgery deemed unnecessary for medical purposes. The idea was broached in a meeting with OMB Director Orszag in mid-July, after which Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus told reporters he had heard some "interesting," "creative," and "kind of fun" ideas.

Easy for Baucus to say as he's able to cruise Georgetown in his ample non-bill-reading time.

Considering what we experience on a daily basis here in our less-than-tony neighborhood of Rolando Beach, we view this as taxation without presentation.