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'Strip Club Tax' Proposed By Tennessee Lawmaker
Proposed legislation would levy a $2 tax for sexually-oriented business customers with the proceeds going to a sex trafficking victims fund.

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Proposed legislation would levy a $2 tax for sexually-oriented business customers with the proceeds going to a sex trafficking victims fund.

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