Rep. Proposes $5 Strip Club Tax

Above is Bucks County State Rep. Paul Clymer (click to enlarge for freakishly large version). The above dude wants to tax all strip club patrons $5 because he thinks they’re going to go out and rape people. “These clubs bring the problems of prostitution, drug and alcohol abuse and questionable characters,” said Clymer. “They have no redeeming value for communities.” Whee!

Also big on questionable characters: Libraries. (Really!) The money would go to fund the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. Unfortunately for them, my guess is their lobbyists aren’t quite as good as the lobbyists for strip clubs, and so this will fail. Texas had a similar law that was struck down as unconstitutional, but Clymer says his law is better and constitutional.

Oh, yeah, and this idea is called a “pole tax.” Ha ha, just a little throwback line to the time when blacks, poor people and questionable characters were prevented from voting by rich politicians.

Clymer tax would hit strip clubs [Bucks County Courier Times]

Family Values Killed By Stolen Guns

Hey, look, the people who voted against that gun bill in Harrisburg have equally horrible arguments for why they did so!

The bill also was opposed by state Rep. Paul Clymer, R-145, who said Pennsylvania already has enough regulations but lacks “family and traditional values.” (This is usually code for “I hate gays.” I’m really not sure how it fits here. –dmac.)

Geeze. I know that the Family Values Tour doesn’t exist anymore — or if it does, it’s off my radar, and I’m the center of the universe — but that’s hardly something to complain about. Erhm, I mean: Alas, he has to defend the citizen’s right to not have to report his gun lost or stolen.

Clymer is going to introduce a bill forcing citizens to report to the police whenever their traditional values go missing.

Lawmakers defend gun bill vote [Bucks County Courier Times]