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Pole Tax

December 30th, 2007 by ThunderDragon

No, not the poll tax or even a tax on poles [or even Poles] - but rather a tax on pole dancers.

Customers at strip clubs in Texas are facing a controversial $5-a-head “pole tax” which is intended to pay for sex crime prevention programmes and rape crisis centres.
The surcharge, backed by women’s rights campaigners, comes into effect on Tuesday and is expected to raise an estimated $40 million (£20 million) each year from those paying for lapdancers and pole dancers. (The Telegraph)

This tax is opposed by strip clubs and the pole dancers themselves, who fear that it will mean that fewer men will visit them, and also “resent the implied link between their industry and sex crimes” which is fair enough, since it is more than likely that the ability to watch girls gyrate will prevent rather than cause rape.

Their legal defence, that the tax “violates their constitutional rights to freedom of expression”, is less than convincing in itself, however, since it isn’t preventing them from doing it, just taxing those who watch them. This tax is ridiculous, but not because it infringes on the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

Source: The Telegraph

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