N.Y. Legislator Wants $10 Tax for Patrons of Strip Bars

Now they have done it! They have gone too far this time. I already pay too much in taxes.-Lou

N.Y. Legislator Wants $10 Tax for Patrons of Strip Bars

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (AP)

ALBANY, N.Y. — You might call it a "pole tax."
The New York legislator who brought the nation its first law against driving while using a cell phone is proposing a $10 tax for patrons of nude and seminude dance clubs and strip bars.

Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, a Bronx Democrat, says the revenue would go toward helping victims of human trafficking at a time when government budgets are being slashed.

The bill doesn't have a Senate sponsor yet.