Congressional Democrats hope a new tax on tanning will help them fund their health-care overhaul bill. The 10 percent “vanity tax” could take affect as soon as this summer and would apply to indoor and outdoor salons citywide, according to the News. A representative of the industry was enraged by the threatened price hike. "Tax policy shouldn't be made like this - it shouldn't be based on one industry's grudge against the other," said Indoor Tanning Association executive director John Overstreet. One tanner implied that with the sunny months coming, she might have to head outdoors (Gasp!). "It's already too expensive," said student Lia Pettineo, 22. "Once summer is here officially, I'll stop." Tanning opponents says the ultraviolet beds cause melanoma and call them “the cigarettes of our times.”