Texas poll tax.

[Strong Atheist]

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And in Texas, state lawyers are fighting to preserve the "pole tax," a $5 cover charge on strip clubs that's being challenged by business owners.

:P

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-porn-tax,0,1737566.story


For what it is worth, I think taxing porn more is not a bad idea...

[DianeK]

1. it's a brilliant idea!

Considering the revenue of that industry, if we did that on a National level it would be a big help in crawling out of this hole that Bush pushed us into

[Uben]

4. Not only that, but.....

...what if we started taxing contributions to churches? We could make billions a year! Churches have been dodging taxes forever.
I think it's high time churches be made to disclose where their income comes from and where it goes to.

[DianeK]

6. good luck with that

last I checked, church attendance was way down. It would also put a big dent in that whole separation of church and state thing and I for one, don't want church having anything to do with my government

[Strong Atheist]

9. Had not given much thought to the whole tax exempt vs. church/state issue.

You probably have a very good point there. I will have to think about that...

[T Wolf]

13. Churches are treated differently by being able to pay NO TAXES. IF the gov was truly neutral

toward religion, they would pay their fair share.

As it is, they are given special status, which is wrong.

[polmaven]

21. They are given no "special status"

that any other non-profit entity is not given.

[Mist]

7. Small neighborhood churches, no. Mega churches with real estate holdings, YEAH. nt

[Liberal In Texas]

2. The subject line is misleading. It is a POLE tax with a pun intended.

I was expecting something else.

[Strong Atheist]

3. .

:evilgrin:

[havocmom]

5. so, is a dancer a pole kitty or a poll kitty? And which one is a skunk?

:shrug:

[Mist]

8. Don't you mean "skank"? nt

[havocmom]

10. Nope, I mean skunk. Rural environment here, hardly ever hit a 'skank' on the highway

now, them striped stinkers are more common.

[Mist]

20. It was a dumb joke. nt

[ipfilter]

11. A tax always paid in one dollar bills. nt

[Strong Atheist]

12. !

:spray:

:rofl:

[madokie]

14. Leave them weirdO's alone

the more they're pulling their pud the more they aren't out here in the real world chasing after the girls. leave'm be is my thoughts, :-)

[aikoaiko]

15. $5 cover charge is pretty steep given that most clubs have 0, 5, 10, 20 dollar cover charges

[WolverineDG]

16. Well originally it was to raise money for schools

but it was quickly dropped when people started referring to it as "Tits for Tots."

And no, I am not making that up. :rofl:

dg

[Strong Atheist]

19. Lol!

:thumbsup:

[deoxyribonuclease]

17. Not a bad idea. TX doesn't have a state income tax, and they could use the money

for social services, unemployment, education, etc. Of course, that would require a change in those who run the state gov't...

[Realityhack]

18. "On the other hand I do think that five dolars is too much to pay for pornography" - West Wing n/t