Reply With QuoteCant wait till they slap a 10 buck tax on every guy for having his own pole, as that to could "cultivate unhealthy attitudes toward women that can lead to ****** assaults."
Connaught Ranger.
Houston strip club hit by new pole tax!
Houston – The city of Houston is turning to an unusual source to help fund rape investigations: strip clubs.
The City Council of the nation's fourth-largest city passed an ordinance Wednesday that requires strip clubs to pay a $5-per-visitor fee to help pay for the analysis of biological evidence collected from rape victims in hopes of identifying their attackers.
Police in Houston, and in many other parts of the US, lack the money to promptly analyze evidence such as hair particles and blood specimens, gathered by investigators in packets known as rape kits. Houston estimates it has 6,000 rape kits that have yet to be scrutinized by crime laboratories.
Supporters of the Houston ordinance, which was supported by Mayor Annise Parker and approved on a 14-1 vote, contend that strip clubs should shoulder some of the costs of rape investigations because the establishments can cultivate unhealthy attitudes toward women that can lead to ****** assaults.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...#ixzz1z6RnPgLg
Cant wait till they slap a 10 buck tax on every guy for having his own pole, as that to could "cultivate unhealthy attitudes toward women that can lead to ****** assaults."
Connaught Ranger.
STOP, Stop State Tax on Poles. I wonder what out Polish members think?
CR, I think what is being said, that culturally there is a view that men own women. That women are property to serve men. There are men and women who accept that concept. When women are treated as a commodity, that can support that concept too. There are different types of rapist, what I was told when I went to through LE training. There is the anger rapist, it is not about ***, it is about violence. Then, I forgot the name of the other one. They operate on a fantasy, they their se xual abilities would conquer a women and enslave her to his abilities. They are ofter caught because, they will give the women their names for repeat performance. During the rape they will ask the women, how she is enjoying herself. Part of that is a myth about a man's control over women. "all she needs is a good lay" sort of thinking.
Seems I won't be going to a strip club in Houston anytime soon.
Not having enough money to do lab work is a problem. Raise taxes.
As a general principle, I just have trouble with "novel" rationales that target specific businesses.
Does the mayor have anything to substantiate her supposition? Statistical, psychological evidence?Supporters of the Houston ordinance, which was supported by Mayor Annise Parker and approved on a 14-1 vote, contend that strip clubs should shoulder some of the costs of rape investigations because the establishments can cultivate unhealthy attitudes toward women that can lead to ****** assaults.
To be clear I don't disapprove of the police getting more money; I do object to opinions being used as the justification for public policy, especially when selective taxation is involved.
I only go there for the buffet anyways.
I can see the clubs suing the city. Additional tax is okay.. but a tax for one group because of "hear-say" seems not very fair.
Also they are harming the women working there => less customers => less money.
Seems like Houston is trying to strip their profits.
Look at other sin taxes. Cigarette tax used to do park work? Alcohol and Tobacco taxes are often thrown into the general budget. If there is a correlation, then yes. If there is not then no. I never liked how sin tax was used. Tobacco tax should be used for problems caused by tobacco use and the same with alcohol, for problems caused by alcohol.Originally Posted by Lt-Col A. Tack
So is there a correlation between the Pole Tax and rape?
Agreed.
I've never liked using civil remedies, such as fines, to deter behavior that, if definitively proven to be harmful, should be illegal. Seems like a concession of some kind on a matter which has a distinctly moral aspect to it.
I'm definitely not qualified to answer, but if the answer is yes, then my question would be: Why is it legal in the first place?So is there a correlation between the Pole Tax and rape?
do they charge extra at for liquor b/c of dui/dwi's ? that means less money for cab fare, so ppl will try to drive home instead
Doesn't Houston know that Pole taxes are illegal? Wasn't that part of the voting rights act! That there would be no pole taxes, that way people wouldn't be kept away from the poles.
j/k
Its a creative way to generate emergency funds to process a shameful amount of backlog on rapekits.
Dont like it? Don't go to Houston strip joints...but the real revenue being generated in those places has almost nothing to do with dancing.
I love watching pole dancing, stripshows, and **** exotic dancing...and here in Houston, I was extremely dissapointed to discover that they are really just brothels. And skanky whores are not on the menue.
ymmv
Agreed. I am waiting for a comparable tax on fast food to cover the cost of cardio vascular disease on society
Didn't Ronald Reagan say something about "If it moves, government taxes it." Or something like that?
I wonder if he figured it would include strippers.
I wonder if it includes attendees of ballet?
What happens is someone goes to Hooters there and one of the Hooter girls gets too giggly and bounces around too much does that mean I get slapped with a $5 tax for eating hot wings at the wrong place at the wrong time?
I think the Supreme Court needs to get involved with this one.......no wait....
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