Republicans may oppose the 25% tax on porn.
 

Looks like opposition to the porn tax introduced by the democrats might be coming from the Republican party as well as the religious right.

How about that.

Link to Wired.com article:

Love the sinner...hate the sin tax

I think this will confuse many

Its actually predictable.

Even a 1% tax would give the government more control than would be comfortable. On the other hand it would make the industry appear legitimate as the article indicates.

Could be a win-win as long as it's not 25%. Just can't handle more govervment intervention in everything we do. What next? A masturbation tax?

I said that all along , we get taxed we become respectable. THe extreme right doesnt want this.

they SHOULD be completely against it. remember people conservatives are supposed to stand for LESS taxes and LESS government interference in your life. don't let these silly fear mongering neo-cons fool you.

Two lines of interest to me and the one that will kill it.

On the other side of the battle, the adult industry has about zero clout in Washington and is an easy target.

Welp that is very true.

Many porn sites ask visitors if they're over 18 or 21, but there's nothing to stop people from lying. Nor is there a system to make sure that children aren't simply using their own credit cards -- or their parents' -- to gain access to pay sites.

Funny how the people at Wired understand this, yet so many webmasters do not seem to.

You cannot have that (porn) tax anymore than you can have a special tax, on, for example, Methodists," said Marilyn Ireland, professor of law at California Western School of Law. The precedent goes back to the 1930s and the Huey Long era when Louisiana tried to muzzle pesky journalists by levying special taxes on larger newspapers. The Supreme Court told the state to forget it.

And lastly the nail in the coffin regarding this. Nice try but no special tax for us.

"There would be the concern that the government would change its focus to tax pornographic materials rather than control production and distribution."

LOL.. yeah.. like that's better...



BTw.. Sin tax? Nice to see religion is kept out of politics.. :1orglaugh

Tony, you are honestly the biggest piece of shit I have ever seen.

You chant your "Democrats love porn" shit for years, when your almighty party reveals who they are (which we liberty loving people already know)... and your boogie man John Ashcroft does nothing. GW does nothing against porn, etc etc you grab at straws trying to convince yourself they are the enemy.

Can you please just announce, that even if the Republicans brought on world peace, made you happy, and solved all the worlds problems you would still hate them?

The Democrats had some high points in the last century, but unfortunately the current incarnation are a bunch of opportunistic grab asses who are watching themselves become part of nothingness.

1. Any tax would destroy cash flows to the USA, it would be a trickle down effect through the economy. You would see people drop USA processors in a heart beat, to avoid the USA imposed tax.

2. Some states have a tax on illicit drugs (North Carolina and Tennessee). Does this make the drugs legal or the Drug Peddling trade legitimate? NO! They do this, so when they arrest you they can get you on a tax evasion charges.

3. ALL TAXES ARE BAD, and anyone in Washington is a motherfucker, regardless of political affiliation. Any group of motherfuckers that want to impose taxes are doubly worse.

Tony404 - What is the party affiliation of the governor of TN and NC?

Acctually anyone with half a brain knows what is going here. Democrats are up for reelection in 2006 and becasue the religious right has fucked up the Republican party they are trying as democrats to look like they are doing something to get the votes from their constituants.

Do you honestly think a 25% tax will hold water? do you think even enough Democrats will vot for it?

jesus people they know its stupid legislation. They know it wont go thru. They do it so they can use it as a campaign to show people that they are concerned about kids. And that they are not the deominzed aprty that republicans have tried in vain to make them out to be.

Frankly its sad that Democrats have to do this shit. But its what Republicans have been doing for years. The have used the same fucking tactics to keep evangelicals happy. Look like your doing something about it then really write a bill that will never sell....wake up!

Fat chance! What world do they live in? They can tax the shit out of US folks but nada prospect of em getting a dime in tax from anyone else.

The US is not alone in this - the EU has similar shit. All the more reason to avoid high tax regime countries who consider they know best for everyone else.

everyone in america pays taxes, are they respected by the government?

porn tax... good grief.

Move north for pete's sake.

John Ashcroft got sidetracked by a little event you might have heard of... 9/11

Alberto Gonzales has more intents towards "obscenity" than JA ever dreamed of. JA never got around to forming an Obscenity Task Force.

Read this article then check out obscenitycrimes.org for the 51,000+ complaints they have filed in every state to help them along.

Biggest piece of shit you ever seen ? I guess you dont look in the mirror much loser. Lets see the new 2257 was started by Johnny Ashcroft,so as far as nothing once again you are wrong. I never said Democratics love porn , they dont go after it as republicans do.THe two biggest times porn has been attacked was Nixon and Reagan so read up on your history asshole. It cost adam and eve 1 million dollars to fight during the Reagan years. A porn tax doesnt hurt us , it helps us because then we are part of the tax base, it ends the grey.Republicans are against because they want to wipe us off the face of the earth .Read the news papers catch up, the government moves very slow they are gathering speed.

Looks interesting.

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newsflash for David :

Some Washington insiders believe that, in the wake of the FCC's recent hiring of an anti-pornography activist and former lobbyist for groups that push for more Christian guidelines in public policy, the commission may be preparing to act on indecency complaints against broadcast and cable, and to herald a renewed focus against broadcast indecency, Mediaweek reports.

Penny Nance, until recently a board member for Concerned Women for America - a group which describes its mission as helping to "bring Biblical principles into all levels of public policy" - is now a special advisor in the FCC's Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, according to aides to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.

Nance has called for stricter enforcement of indecency laws and pointed to huge problems with indecency on basic cable. Martin is on record as being a supporter of strict enforcement of indecency laws, though the FCC has proposed no indecency fines since he took the chair five months ago.

The head of FCC is a Bush Apointee.

I don't think that taxes on alcohol and tobacco have made them respectable at all. Just look at recent massive fines levied against tobacco companies and numerous commercials against cigarette use. A 1% tax would quickly be increased to enormous levels over time just like other sin taxes. Porn is not a "sin". Alcohol and tobacco cause thousands (millions maybe?) of deaths every year. The taxes offset increased insurance and healthcare costs associated with them. Porn doesn't cost consumers anything and has no negative side effects (expect maybe increased lube expenditures). Therefore porn is not a "sin" as used legally. Childporn has nothing to with mainstream porn. CP creators certainly aren't going to be paying taxes so its pretty much irrelevant. Why would they tax us? We don't create childporn. Alcohol and cigarettes certainly cause death. There is no parallel. Any cheap filtering software can stop your kids from seeing porn. Why tax? :321GFY

They're quite freindly really..

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They have made them respectable enough you dont see people hauled into jail for them. Its very hard to arrest someone for something you tax.

Nice post count NOOB!! :321GFY

hehehe

Your entire life is consumed by fear. Every post you make is filled with fear mongering tactics. From what I can see, you have wasted, thoroughly wasted, the last 6 years waiting for the boogie man to pounce. In another 6 years when I ask you what has happened, with the canned response be the same? "Oh it is coming, watch"

Well you would make a terrible therapist, Im not consumed by fear but intelligent people dont wait for the shit to hit the fan and they are proactive. I know it must be hard for you. BY the way I will be at the phoenix show I would really like for you to call me a piece of shit to my face keyboard warrior.

Sounds like more fear tactics Tony.

Do us a favor and make a list of the people who have been thrown in jail in this century. Please exclude CP/Beast/Rape prosecutions from this list.

Why is this still being argued?
The courts have already said you can not tax speach. End of story.

give me a break, nobody will respect the adult industry more after such tax is introduced

Your short sighted name something they tax and you can get arrested for?

Intelligent people got over their fears of the boogie man in the closet a long time ago. Intelligent people know the government likes easy targets for the press and asset forfeiture. Intelligent people know this is a cost of doing business in this arena. Intelligent people can filter through the fear and bullshit and make a sensible decision. If you want safety and public acceptance, sell bibles.

As for Phoenix, I am usually at every show around the globe. Look and you will see me.

As for the implied threat of violence... Again you are trying to make me live in fear. Is the pattern not obvious?

My comment about piece of shit might have been a little harsh, I semi-retract that. I stand by everyone of my responses to your mounds of propaganda you have posted over the years. You live in fear, you push fear, and you live in a dreamworld of partisan politics.

I gave you a helpful hint (many times) over our many exchanges, which I am sure you have not tried. Have you stopped watching TV? I would venture to say it is the main focal point in your life, and you probably smoke weed. Two of the greatest gifts given to Americans to help their fear addiction.

As I said in my post above, Tennessee and North Carolina tax all illicit drugs.

It does not mean selling Marijuana and Cocaine are legal there.

First off your the one using all the right wing pundit speech. Propaganda:
: the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause; also : a public action having such an effect

Thats what webster says there is no benefit to me to tell people to be careful , think , talk to a lawyer. I tell people there is a 99.5% nothing will ever happen but that .5 can be a bitch but its people like yourself with no foresight. When the shit does hits the fan, talk to adam and eve if you think it never happens, they are like what happened? , I didnt know or they call it bad luck. Im not threatening you at all but if you want to call me names because your vocabulary is so limited then do it to my face because I never called you anything as foul and I respect your opinion even though its all right wing pundit language, they are opinions. If everyone thought like you it would be a very boring world. Wouldnt it

Drugs and porn are too different things ,they used to put people in jail for liquor and gambling

In Tn they are using it as a arrest tool without the bullshit of getting a drug conviction , in the us webmasters would pay the porn tax.
Police suspect that Michael Garcia used his car in April to run interference for a drug dealer who was later caught transporting 10 pounds of marijuana... He wasn't arrested, but six days later the 30-year-old landscaper received a letter from the state Department of Revenue demanding that he pay $17,592 in taxes he owed for his role in drug trafficking.

He figured it was a mistake or maybe a joke. "The revenue guys showed up with the bulletproof vests and the guns and stuff, and that's when I knew it was for real," Garcia said...

Some defense attorneys say the new law is quickly becoming an example of government running amok, with innocent residents who have not been convicted of crimes, or even charged, being bullied into paying thousands of dollars in taxes.

David I didnt realize you are just a employee not a owner that explains alot ,you see your boss worries about these things. Employees who work under the umbrella of security the employer creates dont have to think about these things.

And here we are again, at the end of each of our exchanges, we agree.

I would say the odds are lower, but I will suck it up and agree on the .5%

Where we always diverge is the possibility of that .5% and how much time should be expended on anything that has a .5% possibility. I would say the 30 minutes I have spent on this today, covers me for another year. This is probably just a small portion of the time you worry about this each day.



I drive my car each day. I smoke. I go to clubs in major cities. I travel to high risk areas of the globe (Former Soviet Republics and the Carib).

In order of possibilities:

1. Car Accident
2. Lung Cancer
3. Shooting/Stabbing death
4. Kidnapping
5. Psycho Exgirlfriend exacts revenge
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98,998 Democrats retake the house, senate, and Oval Office
98,999 Jesus walks the earth
99,000 Win the Florida Lotto
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99,999 Beatles Reunion - with all the original members
100,000 "I get thrown in prison on an obscenity prosecution"

I make these posts as an individual with no affiliation to any company.

I have made a lot of money in this industry, and have more to lose than most.

You know what David until your name is a on that custodian of records, your talking out of your ass. Your web marketer no different from the guy who does ebay. I have no doubt you have done well but your ass isnt on the line. So from this point on I dont take you seriously because you are not one of my porn producing peer. Your a guy who makes money on what we create and that we take responsiblity for. Enough said

DAvid I see your in Fl ,near Tampa my wife and I will be down there Shooting in 2 weeks . If your near wanna meet for coffee? Being called names pisses me off but the disagreeing doesnt come to my house on a sunday its two liberals and three limbaugh republicans lol

In Tampa? Sounds great.

E-mail me.

Yeppers I will :)

you beat me to it

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good points Titan

And Alberto Gonzales has gone on record saying pornography is not protected free speech. Opening chapter of next story...

i just wonder what are they upto now.

A good thing about partisan government. :thumbsup