Viet-Justice

It’s nice to see that the puritans in this country still love to impose a Sin tax.  Under the Dance Performer Registration Act, Felix Ortiz (D-Brooklyn) wants strippers to buy a permit to work and then make the clubs buy a permit to hire registered dancers.  This is just another tax in disguise. It’s really silly that you have to buy a permit to wait tables, be a bouncer, be a bartender, etc.  The free market should decide who gets to work and who shouldn’t.  If you can’t carry plates to a table then you lose your job.

The other issue here is that there is no system  can validate an ID.  If you have forged or stolen papers when you get the ID it’s going to turn up as a legitimate ID when they check it.  This is why those silly ID checks at the airport do not prevent terrorism.  Birth certificates are public record.  That’s all you need to get a State ID.  Find someone who has died that is close to your age.  Your obituary section can help you out.  Get their birth certificate and go to your local DMV and acquire an ID.  There are no controls in place to prevent this from happening, so much like security theater at the airport, this legislation is useless.

“I don’t really like it, you know what I mean,” Molly said. “When you’re a dancer you’re tax free, you’re not really registered — they’d have proof of your income.”

Another reason for dancers like Molly to support The Fair Tax.  The Fair Tax is a consumption tax.  You are taxed based on how much you spend, not how much you earn.  The government has absolutely zero business knowing how much money any of us make and The Fair Tax is a good way of keeping them from knowing.  Rich people tend to spend more money so it is a more realistic tax on the rich than the income tax.  The Prebate that comes with The Fair Tax supports the poor and middle class by making the necessities of life tax free.

Sorry Mr. Ortiz, I think we can clearly see you are a tax and spend kind of guy and a closet puritan as well.