nanny state Mentality

[EmporerEJ]

Folks, here's what's wrong with all those "help the po' unfortunate slugs" programs:

Surcharge to Fund Medicaid Stipend
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida lawmakers have proposed a $1 tax on strip club admissions to give low-income Medicaid recipients a larger monthly stipend.

Rep. Rick Kriseman, D-St. Petersburg, said he got the idea after Cecelia Baci, a 77-year-old St. Petersburg resident, complained that a $35 monthly stipend for Medicaid recipients was not enough to cover personal needs.

"I'm sorry if I've taken a dollar that you would have otherwise stuck in someone's garter," said Kriseman, who is sponsoring the legislation with Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Brandon.

The adult entertainment industry says it will fight the bill, which aims to increase the Medicaid allowance to $70 a month.

"Everyone I mention it to has one word for it: stupid," Joe Redner, owner of a Tampa club with a $20 cover charge. "It's a noble cause. Old people should have some money. But they should get it from everybody, not just us."

The woman whose situation prompted the bill thinks it's a great idea.

"If people can afford to go to these places," Baci told the St. Petersburg Times, "they can afford to pay a little more for us."


Yea, that's it. Put your filthy, lazy, hand, out there woman....
Take the money from the girl who is actually WORKING for a living.
Friggin' slugs...dig a hole and dump 'em all in.

Original story:
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/07/St...rcharge_.shtml