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GA - Ga. lawmakers propose fee for strip-club patrons

View the article here 01/29/2009 By SHANNON McCAFFREY - Associated Press Writer ATLANTA -- A bipartisan group of Georgia lawmakers wants to slap a new fee on strip club patrons to help fund rehabilitation programs for child prostitutes and sex abuse victims. The fee - which some have dubbed a "pole tax" - would be between $3 and $5 for each customer at the 45 clubs around the state. State Sen. Renee Unterman (Email) said Thursday there are links between the adult entertainment industry and the underground world of child prostitution. - So instead of making the strip joints pay the fines and taxes, you want to make the patrons? "This is the industry that creates the problem. They're financing what they created," the Republican from Buford said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).