Lawmakers continue to look at “sin-taxes” as a way to raise revenue in tough times. New York Assembly members have considered raising fees on everything fun from soda, beer and wine, to cigarettes and now strip clubs. Check out this report from the Daily News:
A Brooklyn assemblyman introduced a bill yesterday that would require patrons to pay the state $10 every time they visit a strip club or topless joint.
Felix Ortiz, a Democrat, said the flesh fee could raise as much as $500 million for victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual abuse and child prostitution.
We’re tired of the sin taxes. Next thing you know, they’re going to impose fees on stealing from the buffet at Fairway ($.35 / stolen olive) and not saying your vespers ($1.25 for every psalm you skip).
We expect the usual suspects to be up in arms about the proposed change. The drinkers, nudies, perverts, gluttons, smokers, and derelicts are sure to continue on their normal course of action when their passions are being attacked: sit complacently and shrug when the increase goes through. They’ll end up paying, just as always, but we have to ask ourselves something as a civil society: is it really fair to let the cool kids pay the way for everyone else?
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