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Nevada High Court OKs Tax That Hits Strip Clubs, Exempts NASCAR And Boxing

Nevada High Court OKs Tax That Hits Strip Clubs, Exempts NASCAR And Boxing

The other argument is that because of the various exceptions such as boxing and NASCAR there is a discrimination between adult-oriented entertainment and family-oriented entertainment.  It’s worth noting that there is something a little off about a culture that thinks it is OK for children to see people beating up on one another and crashing cars but not, post infancy anyway, female breasts.  Nonetheless, maybe the clubs have something of an argument there, since “It is what it is”.

In analyzing the claim, the Court notes that the clubs are not starting off from real solid ground.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.