Valleywag
California's Republicans are deliberating whether or not to tax your porn downloads. State Assemblyman Charles Calderon (D.-City of Industry) first proposed a tax on all online porn, estimated to bring in $500 million to offset Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget cuts, and now wants to levy a 25 percent tax on any adult businesses operating in California, and on consumer's purchases of porn, too. It's fiendishly clever.
Implying that buying and selling online porn should be taxed to offset the "harms" of porn, as Calderon says in his bill AB2914 thrusts Republicans into a nasty position when it comes to their constituents. How can cultural conservatives promise to not raise taxes and appease their smut-hating bases — especially when those same voters would never admit they don't want to eat a hefty tax for their monthly membership fee for NakedSword.com, too? (Photo: Madison Young, San Francisco-based porn star, writhes somewhere in-state for JulieSimone.com)
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I heard that "the Valley" (Valley in SoCal means San Fernando Valley) will support taxing themselves. They need the voice that they will have afterwards, similar to tobacco. And they desperatedly need to thin the herd of "producers".
I hope marijuana's next in line.
It's been done before:
[www.ibras.dk]
Third Official: If I might put my head on the chopping block so you can kick it around a bit, sir...
Politician: Yes?
Third Official: Well most things we do for pleasure nowadays are taxed, except one.
Politician: What do you mean?
Third Official: Well, er, smoking's been taxed, drinking's been taxed but not ... thingy.
Politician: Good Lord, you're not suggesting we should tax... thingy?
First Official: Poo poo's?
Third Official: No.
First Official: Thank God for that. Excuse me for a moment. (leaves)
Third Official: No, no, no - thingy.
etc...
They can go right ahead and do it. i can't think of anyone who still pays for porn anyways.
I use redtube. So I don't pay :))
Well I found a nice movie. www.redtube.com/10978
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