Bill Would Tax Internet Pornography
Huh? Wha... What?
Of course, another assinine bill which thinks that U.S. laws apply to web sites outside of the United States....
An AP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
A Democratic lawmaker is planning to propose a new 25 percent federal tax on Internet pornography and new requirements for adult Web sites to help prevent children from looking at them.
The bill, expected to be introduced next week by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., would impose the excise tax on transactions with for-profit adult Web sites, which typically sell monthly subscriptions to Internet users to look at pornographic photographs or videos.
Money collected from the tax would be used for law enforcement and for protecting children from Internet-related crimes.
Lincoln's spokesman, Drew Goesl, declined Friday to discuss the provisions. "We prefer to wait until the bill is introduced to discuss it," Goesl said.
posted by Fergie @ 7/22/2005 05:06:00 PM
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