Sin Tax
Maybe I’ve always hated sin taxes because they seem to hit my wallet disproportionately higher than they do for most other folks. The $5 surcharge to strip club patrons is the latest attempt to build a budget for sex assault programs and something else. I do not believe that strip club patrons are a higher source of sexual assaulters than the general population, but like West said…wherever you can get the money, you get the money.
Let me ask you this…if we had a state income tax would this be a budgeted item paid for with tax dollars from the general public? If so, then ok levy the fines and raise the skirts. If not, then why are you picking on perverts that go to strip clubs.
That’s right…I said it. Perverts.
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This is not about the patrons at all, it’s poetic justice for the sake of the workers. Using strip clubs to fund sexual assault programs is an admission of the invisible pool of victims the sex industry culls its workers from; a reminder of the rapists and incesters the perverts have to thank for that sizzling lap dance. It’s brilliant.
So this money will be used for what now? Anti sexual assault? Get out of here, what could they possibly do to help prevent sexual assaults? Will they provide escrots for every woman in texas? Or those that flirt with perverts? Show me how this will actually help Texans and then we’ll talk. Until then this law is just another way of getting free money from citizens of Texas.
This legislation was authored by Rep. Ellen Cohen, President and CEO of the Houston Area Women’s Center. HAWC administers services to abused women, including victims of sexual assault. So yeah, she knows a little something about preventing violence against women. The first step, I would imagine, is to treat women like we are people. If you want to objectify women, it’s gonna cost you $5. Fine by me.
Yes, freshy, that’s why it’s called PORK.
If only there was some way to use tax dollars! Oh, wait –
http://www.mencanstoprape.org/
“This group works to prevent rape and other forms of male violence through community education, consulting, research, and public action. This site offers links to action men can take, what MCSR can offer, and why it matters.”
So will the money all come in ones and smell like stripper perfume?
Didn’t they exempt themselves and their pet lobbyists from the fee?