Posted on 06/28/2020 4:05:58 PM PDT by Libloather
More than a million deceased people got government stimulus checks amounting to nearly $1.4 billion.
This is less than 1 percent of the total stimulus payments that Congress shelled out as of April 30, says the Government Accountability Office.
Still, you’ve got to admire how far Democratic bureaucrats in the Deep State will go to benefit one of their most reliable constituencies. Think of how many of those deliciously free dollars flowed to the cemeteries in Chicago alone.
Another Democrat in good standing, Bill Clinton appointee U.S. District Judge Lynn S. Adelman, rushed to the ramparts to aid strip clubs that sued to get their share of the $600 billion Paycheck Protection Program administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA).
The SBA denies loans to businesses that “present live performances of a prurient sexual nature,” so the agency turned down four Wisconsin clubs operating under the name Silk Exotic Gentleman’s Club.
Moved by their plight, Judge Adelman issued a preliminary injunction rejecting the agency’s refusal of the clubs’ demand for stimulus payments.
“The government has singled [the strip clubs] out for unfavorable treatment based solely on the content of their speech,” Judge Adelman actually said.
(Excerpt) Read more at m.washingtontimes.com ...
Stripping is “speech”? Who knew!
It is no more complicated than that.
Many years ago, when I drove cab in a mid-sized city in the upper midwest, one of my regular customers was an attractive black gal who lived in a seedy motel on one side of two and worked at two go-go bars closer to downtown. Sweet lady. She would ask for me personally if I was available. She explained these facts of life and how good the money was in her business.
On my final ride, I explained that I was quitting cab driving to go in the ministry. After paying the normal fare and tip, she leaned over, gave me a kiss (on the forehead), said "I'm proud of you" and slipped me an additional $20. That was a LOT of money for that town in 1979.
I never thought about clubs like that but it makes total sense.
Sorry for the typo.
The ladies pull the $1 bills out of their garters, and go spend them at Walmart. That makes the Walmart stockholders richer.
Welp, now we know where that haul that Joe and Barry took in the other night came from.
Good gracious! Those girls need to earn a living like the rest of us.
Since most dancers are independent contractors, this is paychecks for the bartenders and bouncers, not the ladies.
Actually, are the workers at strip clubs not citizens? Seems to me that the workers have legal, legitimate full time jobs. Do we expect them to pay taxes? Do they pay into Social Security?
Looks to me like they should get the same stimulus checks every other taxpayer gets.
I suppose that the controlling principle is that girls who provide male stimulus surely deserve federal stimulus.
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