美国休斯敦巿向夜店征收“强奸税”引发争议

美国第四大城市休斯敦市议会本周通过了一项新的地方税收法案，要求按每位客人5美元标准向脱衣舞俱乐部征收额外税费，这笔特别的资金将用以强奸案的调查和检测。

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America's fourth-largest city, Houston City Council this week passed a new tax bill to levy additional taxes per guest $ 5 standard to strip clubs, this special fund will be used for investigation of rape cases anddetection.ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语
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According to the Wall Street Journal and Houston local TV station reported on the 29th, 15 members of the City Council to 14 to 1 vote passed the bill known as the "pole tax" to and Rest Mayor Anis Parker, the support.ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语
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Members who initially proposed the motion, said Alan Cohen, the Houston Police Department has a total of 4000-6000 rape evidence collection kit "(including the collection of hair, nails, body fluids and blood samples, etc.), without laboratory testing of crime, biological evidence can not be provided to the victims. The reason is that the detection of an evidence collection kit costs up to $ 1,100, the Government counterpart funding shortage. The new tax bill is expected to an annual cumulative earmarked 3 million U.S. dollars, funding for the investigation of rape cases.ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语
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Cohen does not think the guests of all the strip clubs and rape of women, but this type of club breeding evil environment and lead to increased prevalence, a great disservice to the people's attitudes to women, resulting in an increase in rapes. In her view, the "adult entertainment establishments this indirect negative impact."ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语
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The strip club business is very dissatisfied with the new regulations, and vowed to borrow fight in the end the proceedings. Solicitor, Albert said, "people into the beautiful, upscale adult club with rape and are not necessarily linked."ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语
ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语
City Council member Jack Christie said: "When you see women in these clubs 5 yuan, 10 yuan, 20 yuan bill into the body of the few remaining clothes, I do not think the $ 5 tax will hurt anyone. "ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语
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According to human rights organizations observed throughout the United States police agencies and crime experiments, there are as many as 500 000 untested rape evidence collection kit ".ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

据华尔街日报和休斯敦当地电视台29日报道，市议会15名成员以14比1的投票结果通过了这项被称为“极点税”的法案，并得到休市市长安尼斯·帕克的支持。ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

最初提出这项动议的议员艾伦·科恩表示，休斯敦警察局已累计有4000至6000个“强奸取证套件”(包括收集的头发、指甲、体液及血液标本等)，未经犯罪实验室检测，无法为受害者提供生物学证据。原因就在于每一个取证套件的检测费用高达1100美元，而政府对口资金短缺。这项新的税收法案有望每年累积300万美元专款，资助针对强奸案件的调查。ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

科恩并不认为所有脱衣舞俱乐部的客人都会强奸妇女，但这类俱乐部滋生的罪恶环境和导致的患病率增加，大大损害了人们对妇女的态度，导致性侵案增多。在她看来，“成人娱乐服务场所对此有间接的负面影响。”ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

脱衣舞俱乐部的经营者对这项新规表示十分不满，发誓要借由法律程序抗争到底。代表律师阿尔伯特说，“人们进入漂亮、高档的成人俱乐部与强奸并没有必然的联系。”ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

市议会成员杰克·克里斯蒂则表示：“当你看到这些俱乐部里的女性把5元、10元、20元的美钞塞进其身上剩余不多的衣服里时，我不认为5元的税收会伤害任何人。”ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

据人权组织观察，全美各地警察机构和犯罪实验中，尚有多达50万未经检验的“强奸取证套件”。ZzsRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语