[Rhodes22-list] Was Squirrels, Now Just Squirrley - Brad's influence on national reseach of importance

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Look what Brad has gotten us into:

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080312/NEWS01/803120400

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA


Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> 
> This started out as an innocent plea for help with uninvited guests and
> you
> sick bastards turned it into something completely different.  However,
> comma, since we're in the gutter, there are some side benefits.  Here's a
> new idea from Florida.  Who says lust is bad? I can hear the spin already,
> "really honey, I was just doing it to help out old people!"
> 
> Brad
> 
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>  The Gainesville Sun www.GainesvilleSun.com
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> Feb 5, 2008
> Measure would tax strip clubs
> 
> *By JOE FOLLICK*
> Sun Tallahassee Bureau
> 
> TALLAHASSEE - Going to a topless bar or paying for a personal escort
> service
> could help nursing home residents afford haircuts or movie tickets if
> lawmakers agree to an unusual new sales tax.
> 
> A proposed law, House Bill 751, would create a sales tax on "adult
> entertainment services'' to provide nursing home residents and others more
> spending cash.
> 
> Rep. Rick Kriseman, D-St. Petersburg, said he was bothered by the low
> level
> of the $35 monthly "personal allowance'' that low-income nursing home
> residents receive from Medicaid.
> 
> That money must pay for everything not supplied by a facility, including
> entertainment, haircuts and other costs.
> 
> Kriseman said the allowance has been stuck at $35 since the late 1980s.
> But
> the current budget crunch for state government, facing a multi-billion
> dollar drop in revenue, makes increasing the payments difficult.
> 
> So Kriseman and his staff decided that extending the sales tax to adult
> entertainment would generate enough money to pay for doubling the
> allowance
> to $70. The monthly payments also go to developmentally disabled and other
> low-income residents in state-run facilities, including the state mental
> hospital.
> 
> "People need to at least have a quality of life for the time they have
> left,'' Kriseman said.
> 
> Despite a general reluctance among lawmakers to raise any tax, Kriseman
> said
> opposing his plan will be difficult given the source and the
> beneficiaries.
> 
> "I'm sorry if I'm going to cost you the tip you were going to put in
> somebody's garter,'' Kriseman said. "We're not taxing your lap dance.
> We're
> taxing your admission'' for an adult entertainment service provider.
> 
> The bill defines those services to "include lingerie, bikini or nude
> modeling; body shampoos or scrubs; private shower shows; peep shows; nude,
> seminude or topless dancing; nude, seminude or topless waitressing; lap,
> friction, couch or table dancing; erotic massages or performances; nude
> photo sessions; and personal escort services.''
> 
> The bill had not been assigned a public hearing as of Monday. The
> Legislature is considering bills now through the scheduled end of the
> annual
> session on May 2.
> 
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