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TAXXX SPARKS A FUROR
« on: February 16, 2009, 09:09:06 AM »
A "porn tax?"  Say it isn't so!

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TAXXX SPARKS A FUROR
PORN PROS $PANKED

By CHUCK BENNETT, AP

Last updated: 2:17 am
February 16, 2009
Posted: 1:59 am
February 16, 2009

Now Gov. Paterson is rubbing the porn industry the wrong way.

From triple-X starlets to smut producers, porn industry insiders bemoaned the governor's plan to apply the so-called "iPod tax" on online music downloads to Web pornography and pay-per-view on television.

"We've had an adult industry in this country for decades, and now they want to tax us because of a deficit. That's not at all fair," complained Shawna Lenee, 21, a perky blonde, March 2009 Penthouse Pet and star of more than 200 hardcore videos.

The Paterson administration wants to expand the state's 4 percent sales tax to all digital purchases, from music downloads to e-books to movies if the retailer has some kind of presence in New York state.

The 4 percent would also be applied to any subscription service that provides unlimited content for a monthly fee.

How much you wanna bet that the chick in red actually wanted to do porn, and has her money in some pretty good (read=safe) places?

Anyway, the link is at:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02162009/news/regionalnews/taxxx_sparks_a_furor_155419.htm

200 hardcore vids by age 21 is pretty . . . um, "ambitious," if you ask me.  :o

Edited to add:  If you want to see her picture, go to the link.  I'm not bringing it over here, even if I knew how to.
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Re: TAXXX SPARKS A FUROR
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2009, 09:31:37 AM »
Who pays for porn? There is a ton of free stuff online.  Or so I've been told.  :evillaugh:
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Adult download tax proposal awaits climax in Albany
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2009, 11:28:19 AM »
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Adult download tax proposal awaits climax in Albany

This is the best tax you ever had.

A state proposal to add a 4% tax for downloading movies and music will also apply to Internet porn.

Gov. Paterson recently suggested the so-called iPod tax to help close a $15 billion budget deficit, but few realized the levy would also apply to XXX-rated material.

The skin industry denounced the move as a cheap political stunt.

"The last thing any of us need isan additional tax," said Steven Hirsch, the CEO of Vivid Entertainment Group and self-proclaimed King of Porn. "These are very difficult times and nobody can afford to lose even one customer."

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A manager at DVD Video in Times Square said porn lures tourists to New York and helps boost the economy.

"When the tourists come, they come to us to buy things. We want to bring people here. We will make money, which is good for everyone," the manager said.


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Re: Adult download tax proposal awaits climax in Albany
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2009, 12:06:42 PM »
WELL, THERE'S THIS LITTLE THING CALLED THE CONSTITURTION AND THE COMMERCE CLAUSE. The State needs the Congress' permission to leve any interstate tax.....and I don't think they have it.
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Re: TAXXX SPARKS A FUROR
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2009, 12:14:17 PM »
BlueStateSaint got there first.   :-)
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Re: TAXXX SPARKS A FUROR
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2009, 12:19:31 PM »
Quote from: bijou on February 16, 2009, 12:14:17 PM
BlueStateSaint got there first.   :-)
Thanks for cleaning up.   :-)
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Re: TAXXX SPARKS A FUROR
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2009, 12:49:26 PM »
Read it again, article mentions State Legis., not the Feds. unless I'm skimming over something...

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Re: TAXXX SPARKS A FUROR
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2009, 05:23:15 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on February 16, 2009, 09:09:06 AM
200 hardcore vids by age 21 is pretty . . . um, "ambitious," if you ask me.  :o


I'm 63 years old and I don't think my entire sex life would fill 200 vids......even if you counted those 10 years of do-it-yourself sex...... :-)
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Re: TAXXX SPARKS A FUROR
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2009, 06:07:43 PM »
He's just jealous cuz he can't watch it.
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Re: TAXXX SPARKS A FUROR
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2009, 06:09:29 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on February 16, 2009, 06:07:43 PM
He's just jealous cuz he can't watch it.

 :ohsnap:

Seriously, that was good.  :lmao:
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