Leave it to the Land of Lincoln for an inventive way to raise money. Illiniois State Senator Toi Hutchinson (D-Olympia Fields) is sponsoring a $5 per person pole tax. The tax would impact strip clubs. The strip clubs are not amused. The Chicago Tribune reports:
We wouldn’t want that,” said Tiffany Winkler, manager of the Chicago club Pink Monkey.
The Admiral Theatre is “strongly opposed to the proposed pole tax,” said Sam Cecola, the North Side club’s director of operations.
I remember that Texas implemented a similar pole tax; the Texas Supreme Court ruled it constitutional though the case is still being litigated. Expect a similar battle if Illinois moves toward a pole tax.
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