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Old 05-23-2008, 06:47 PM   #1
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California state lawmakers are considering an unusual idea to solve the state's huge budget shortfall: Tax pornography.

The idea was proposed by a state assemblyman, and would impose a 25 percent tax on the production and sales of pornographic videos -- the vast majority of which are made in southern California.

It is unknown, however, how seriously lawmakers will take the idea or how the porn business would deal with the new tax. It is likely, though, that porm-makers would simply pass the cost along to consumers by making pornographic materials more expensive.


However, many economists believe that pornography is an industry with inelastic demand -- meaning market conditions typically don't affect consumers' desire for the product. In other words, it is believed that most porn consumers would continue to buy regardless of how much it cost.

A potential economic downside to the tax proposal is that porn producers could leave California to manufacture and distribute videos in other states that don't impose the tax
http://www.kutv.com/content/news/wat...4-2cd6e1c31b37

There's a joke here...perhaps several jokes, having to do with the government bending us all over, or even taxing sex....
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Taxes, like death are a part of life. But if you start taxing my porn, I'm gonna be really pissed.
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They could do better if they could harness the electricity from all the guys cranking it to the porn .... a Wack-enator engine.
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There's a joke here...perhaps several jokes, having to do with the government bending us all over, or even taxing sex....
Gives new meaning to money shot.
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why pay for porn anyway nowadays?
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no registration... no downloads... no fee.... lots of heather brooke

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I can just see my bumper stickers now..
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Finally, a link of yours I approve of.
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Once again, politicians not thinking. Porn, like it or not, is like a billion dollar industry, and almost all of it is produced in the Valley. Which means that all of the wages are paid in California, all the jobs are in California, and all the payroll taxes go to California.

What do you honestly think the porn ndustry would do if they passed a 25% tax on porn production in California? Would they pay the tax, or move to another state? They would move "en-mass" to another state.

It just goes to show you, how stupid and out of touch these politiicans really are.
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