STRIPPER TAX IS HARD TO 'BARE'

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

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://www.nypost.com/seven/03112009/news/...bare_158991.htm

[Nagishkaw 510]

0h well.

[GueraKristina 1]

Sounds good. Tax 'um.

[Peikko 1,575]

Would that apply to such benign establishments as those topless coffee shops? I can feel their financial pain already...

[lostinblue 1,989]

you talk about being kicked when you are down...First you loose your job then they want to tax the hell out of your entertainment while collecting that unemployment check.

[Ban Hammer 14,156]

but how are these girls gonna finish college?

[mkg265 2]

Does anyone know where I can buy those shoes?

I'm always looking for something new to wear to casual Friday.

[rclouse 0]

[NickD 203]

When I read "Texas lawmakers are fighting to save a similar $5 "pole tax," thought they were talking about a poll tax, but that is what the Texans are calling it.

But sounds like they would be taxing "poles" like in telephone? But must be calling guys or gals that like looking at naked women, poles. Or maybe they were thinking about Polish guys, or maybe they weren't even thinking.

I had to pay a lot of money to my state and to the USCIS to see my wife naked, so they get you one way or the other.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

When I read "Texas lawmakers are fighting to save a similar $5 "pole tax," thought they were talking about a poll tax, but that is what the Texans are calling it.

But sounds like they would be taxing "poles" like in telephone? But must be calling guys or gals that like looking at naked women, poles. Or maybe they were thinking about Polish guys, or maybe they weren't even thinking.

I had to pay a lot of money to my state and to the USCIS to see my wife naked, so they get you one way or the other.

[NickD 203]

When I read "Texas lawmakers are fighting to save a similar $5 "pole tax," thought they were talking about a poll tax, but that is what the Texans are calling it.

But sounds like they would be taxing "poles" like in telephone? But must be calling guys or gals that like looking at naked women, poles. Or maybe they were thinking about Polish guys, or maybe they weren't even thinking.

I had to pay a lot of money to my state and to the USCIS to see my wife naked, so they get you one way or the other.

Oh, that kind of pole.

[almaty 19]

wow, terrible and just wrong...poor girls, that tax gone into their g-string

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

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.

It is nice to know, that while these loud lecherous lads are lusting for the luscious little ladies in lace, they will be doing their part for humanity.

Edited March 11, 2009 by Mister_Bill

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

[rclouse 0]

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

How can you tax something that's free?