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Strip Clubs and Financing Long-Term Care
When we talk at Ecumen about changing how America finances long-term care and aging services, this isn’t what we’re talking about . . . .
From today’s St. Petersburg Times:
Two Tampa Bay area lawmakers want to put a $1 tax on strip club admissions so they can give low-income nursing home residents more spending money.
Rep. Rick Kriseman, D-St. Petersburg, said he got the idea after an elderly constituent complained that a $35 monthly stipend for Medicaid recipients was not enough to cover personal needs, such as haircuts, clothing and movie tickets.
“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.
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This entry was posted on Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 7:02 pm and is filed under Long-Term Care Financing Reform, long-term care. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
February 7th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Why not? This is a well-intentioned bill. I’m over 50 and I’m in support.