Strip club tax proposed by PA Republican!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Wow, what an idiot. Glad my state doesn't consider this type of crap. Though it is interesting that more socially conservative Iowa is even more pro-strip club than us (and probably one of the most pro-strip club states outside of the tourist ones.)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I don't live my life to annoy people.  I certainly wouldn't vote that way.

Truth be told, I don't even know if I'd support something like this. It's just funny to see a proposal that goes against BRTD's main obsession.

Luckily as I do not live in PA this will not affect me one iota if it passes or not.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

pretty good idea.

i have a couple of problems with it though.  i dont like how the correlation between strip clubs and rape.  that is wrong.  money from this tax should go for something like education or replenishing bass in pennsylvania fresh waters.  but dont try to imply there is a link between strip club patrons and rape.

$5 may be a bit too steep.  it should be a percentage of admission price.  somewhere between 0.5-1%

Two problems with that:

1-The admission fee is always a flat dollar fee. Say a $5 admission fee. It becomes $5.03-$5.05. Not a convenient number.
2-Easy loophole. Just have no admission fee, and make a drink mandatory, then make that drink more expensive. Already used in many clubs as a way to disguise the admission fee.

And if you don't agree with blaming strip clubs for rape (which I certainly agree with), why even have the tax? Why not fund this stuff through some other tax, like just a small raising of the sales tax (which would earn a lot more)?

People like BRTD should pay their fair share.

For what?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

People like BRTD should pay their fair share.

For what?

You do use its benefits.  Did you get financial aid?  Do you have right of freedom of expression?

And this proposed tax has nothing to do with those things. Plus I already pay the income tax, so I am "paying my fair share"