Texas Pole Dancer Tax unconstitutional

[Aardvark154]

Other's may recall the thread about back in mid-winter about the "Texas Pole Dancer Tax."

A Texas State Court Judge has ruled that the Texas $5 per customer "Pole Dancer Tax" is a violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

You will recall that the stated purpose of this tax was to raise around $44 million U.S. to fund sexual assault prevention programs - because we all know that strip club patrons are such dangerous men.

The Texas Attorney General says that he plans an appeal.

 

[S.C. Joe]

Those states down south are messed up. Seen today that FL is passing a "bring your gun to work" bill. No you won't be able to carry a gun on the job but if it gets signed in to law, people with a gun permit will be able to legaly have their handgun in their cars, park on the employer lot-even if they do not like it. Schools and a few other places will still be off limits.

I would not have a problem with it expect for all the work place shootings there has been-and many of those shootings have been with people who DID buy the gun legally.

 

[cypherpunk]

Not that anyone is interested, but it was ruled unconstitutional because taxation is censorship and stripping/dancing is protected by the first amendment. While stripping/dancing is not beyond regulation, it can no more be taxed than can KKK membership.

 

[S.C. Joe]

I am all ears Wish MI was more like that. In my whole county I live in-Oakland-which has many people and city's, including run down Pontiac-we have not 1 strip club and the law makers "brag" about it.

 

[Aardvark154]

Not that anyone is interested, but it was ruled unconstitutional because taxation is censorship and stripping/dancing is protected by the first amendment. While stripping/dancing is not beyond regulation, it can no more be taxed than can KKK membership.

Not that you are (no criticism). But I didn't think most (any) of us would be interested in a legal analysis of the ruling.

 

[Aardvark154]

Those states down south are messed up. Seen today that FL is passing a "bring your gun to work" bill. No you won't be able to carry a gun on the job but if it gets signed in to law, people with a gun permit will be able to legaly have their handgun in their cars, park on the employer lot-even if they do not like it. Schools and a few other places will still be off limits.

I would not have a problem with it expect for all the work place shootings there has been-and many of those shootings have been with people who DID buy the gun legally.

I'm not in favor of "shootouts at the OK corral." But it must be said that in the U.S. there have been a number of cases of shootings which were stopped not because the police arrived, but because fellow workers, University students etc. . . went to cars got firearms and either: shot the perpetrator, or gave him the choice of being shot or surrendering and he chose the later.