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NY Stripper Tax Is Hard To Bare



Mar 11, 2009 5 Comments ›› Pat Dollard

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NY Post:

By BRENDAN SCOTT

ALBANY – Call it an un-cover charge.

A Brooklyn assemblyman introduced a bill yesterday that would require patrons to pay the state $10 every time they visit a strip club or topless joint.

Felix Ortiz, a Democrat, said the flesh fee could raise as much as $500 million for victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual abuse and child prostitution.

States have increasingly turned to the adult-entertainment industry to help close budget gaps in recent years.

Texas lawmakers are fighting to save a similar $5 “pole tax,” which was struck down as unconstitutional by a state judge.

Gov. Paterson, facing a $14 billion budget deficit, has proposed a tax on Internet downloads that would also apply to Web porn.

“The bottom line is, we have to protect people who have been victimized by unscrupulous individuals, and we cannot continue, especially in this economy, to have government pay for everything,” Ortiz said.


  • http://ginnypub.wordpress.com ginnypub

    OMG! An ass in my face….eeeek. :shock:

  • unkaglen

    How about a “hot air” tax on politicians every time they open their mouths.I’m sure all the hot air they spew when speaking contributes heavily to “global warming”………. :idea:

  • Miami Harold

    “Felix Ortiz, a Democrat, said the flesh fee could raise as much as $500 million for victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual abuse and child prostitution.”

    I love how the politicians always say that the revenue raised from some proposed tax will be for some specific and high-minded (sounding) purpose. It always seems to end up in the general account to be spent on something else.

  • NickD

    I wonder if they’ll bail out the peeler industry when people stop going to strip clubs.

    Also, there’s a LOT of free stuff on the web.

  • CDTFLINT

    “you can’t have government paying for everything.”

    Really? So why are you taxing everything so government can throw money at everything? Another hypocrite dem.