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Originally Posted by BFT3K
Actually, if online porn (or marijuana) gets taxed, it is here to stay!
Think about it...
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I lived in South Carolina in the 1990's and most of the 2000's.
Video poker was a multi-billion dollar year industry there. It employed tens of thousands of people and the state made a fortune off the fees, licenses, and taxes.
Jim Demint even won the governershp by pledging to all the bars, nightclubs, and convenience stores that he would NOT let anything happen to video poker business.
BUT, the Supreme Court of South Carolina declared it unconstitutional one day out of the blue. I mean it caught everybody by surprise.
Within a week the sheriff's offices around the state were raiding businesses and destroying the video poker machines and arresting people.
Just like that the state of South Carolina cut it's own throat in the blink of an eye.
Don't think that just because something gets taxed that the govt. isn't perfectly capable of complete and utter stupidity.
