Houston's Strip Clubs Hit by New 'Pole Tax'

BS boooo Houston!

“Supporters of the ordinance … 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 sexual assaults”

Please – many will argue the opposite – than SCs provide an outlet for “supposedly” over sexed individuals whom might feel the “uncontrollable” need to rape a woman.

This is a ridiculous fee with ridiculous reasoning behind it

I hate to say it but pole taxes will continue as long as there is nobody willing to fight against them. Lets face it. Who amongst us is willing get go public about our clubbing?

And the POLs know that!

They passed the same idiotic law here in Illinois.

In Illinois, the tax goes into effect January 1, 2013. Will be interesting to see what SCs do during the day, when many clubs have not collected a cover charge until 7:00 or 8:00 p.m.

^ Maybe in only applies if they charge a cover?

The government will get hooked on that money. Ultimate PLs....

There are ways to recoup and recover.

"because the establishments can cultivate unhealthy attitudes toward women that can lead to sexual assaults"

What? It's not the money. Five bucks pales in comparison to what I typically spend. It's this BS attitude that I most strongly object to.

Government agencies are short on proof and long on conjecture that strip clubs are responsible for rapes. The legislatures that pass these laws don't seem to be aware that rape was around a for long time before strip clubs were.

This is a sin tax, which is popular with those who don't sin and don't have to pay it. Expect every state and city to impose such a tax in the future.

“Expect every state and city to impose such a tax in the future”

Yeah – especially in these economic times.

I wonder how much time councilman Christie spent looking at videos to come to his conclusions.

@Club_Goer: "Government agencies are short on proof and long on conjecture that strip clubs are responsible for rapes. The legislatures that pass these laws don't seem to be aware that rape was around a for long time before strip clubs were."

They also don't care. It's about power, not safety or helping abused women or anything else. It's about exercising power, and keeping other people controlled.

Fortunately many states and cities in the South will hold off on these types of taxes I hope because they won't want a source of income to be coming in from strip clubs. However the state I live in now has a lottery and the same argument against gambling was made for a while.

Maybe when someone stops worrying about the source of income and just legalizes gambling casinos and just about everything else to generate revenue, the economy will start booming again and the government won't need to worry about what new tax to impose on the people. For all states using strip clubs for income, I propose they open up brothels (legalize it) and charge a $20 tax for every time they go all the way. If States are going to get into the adult business, they might as well go all the way in.