Lawmaker Calls For Adult Entertainment Tax

OFFICER737 · 01-31-2007, 09:22 PM

Wonder how this will turn out?

http://www.wsmv.com/news/10892387/detail.html

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A state lawmaker is going after the porn industry and he said he wants to hit adult entertainment with a brand-new tax.

State Rep. Stacey Campfield said he isn't a fan of adult entertainment.

But he said he has noticed is how much money it brings in.

He said he wants to tax pornography, so the state can take the sales tax off of food.

Adult entertainment is a multibillion-dollar business, and there are plenty of locations to find it in middle Tennessee.

“This isn’t a tax increase, it’s a tax swap,” Campfield said.

He said he wants to tax pornography, escort services and other adult material.

He said the tax from adult entertainment would replace the one on food.

“Some people said that you can see the damage that it does to a community and said, ‘If you can tax it 8 million percent, go ahead and do it. Anything to get rid of that industry,’” Campfield said.

“A sin tax. I think it would be good. If you are going to pursue those outlets, you ought to pay a little extra for it,” said Nashville resident Andy Fisher. “Same thing with cigarettes and alcohol.”

Nashville resident Jenny Tackett said she would like to save money on groceries but had reservations about singling out an industry .

“To put it all on one group that chooses to do something more is just a little unfair,” she said.

Campfield said the tax isn’t a legislation of morality but a source of lucrative revenue.

A spokesman for the Tennessee Cabaret Association Tracy O’Neil, who represents exotic dancing clubs, said they see the bill as selective and potentially discriminatory and unconstitutional because much of adult entertainment is protected by the freedom of speech.

A similar bill passed in Utah is being challenged in court.

bush · 01-31-2007, 09:29 PM

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Campfield said the tax isn’t a legislation of morality but a source of lucrative revenue.

Right...

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“Some people said that you can see the damage that it does to a community and said, ‘If you can tax it 8 million percent, go ahead and do it. Anything to get rid of that industry,’” Campfield said.

What a chode.

Sibling · 01-31-2007, 09:46 PM

Good thing I don't pay for my porn........ I mean I don't watch porn.

OFFICER737 · 01-31-2007, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sibling

Good thing I don't pay for my porn........ I mean I don't watch porn.

ped · 01-31-2007, 11:00 PM

oh thats a dude!! with the name stacey and whats being proposed you'd think it was a female democrat. umm...nope.

"As a business owner, Stacey shares in your frustration of our constantly increasing tax burden. Stacey believes our taxes are already too high, and those high taxes scare away new businesses and kill existing businesses/employers."

http://www.geocities.com/staceycampfield/

TwistedGray · 01-31-2007, 11:03 PM

Dont worry KrazyHawaiian (sp) it is just for Tennessee

TwistedGray · 01-31-2007, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by OFFICER737

Nashville resident Jenny Tackett said she would like to save money on groceries but had reservations about singling out an industry .

I think she was in a porn, once.

hybrid · 02-01-2007, 11:43 AM

Thats a tough call..............

Taking the taxes off food.................taxing an industry that is unchecked.......

How many strippers make 100G's a year and report shit? Its a cash industry.

Porn movies? The profit margins they get are insane...........

I do agree though..........why single out a single industry? Making porn is nothing different than making some lame assed movie like the GAURDIAN.........how much did those homos make?

Why have food taxed at all anywhere? Dont they fucking rape us enough with income tax and all the other taxes around?

ped · 02-01-2007, 07:16 PM

tn dont take a state income tax.

OFFICER737 · 02-01-2007, 07:21 PM

They are trying to get it passed though! da bastards!!!

They tax us every damn where they can here.

TwistedGray · 02-01-2007, 08:09 PM

Well, Will, it will replace the FOOD tax according to the post you made. So you lose a tax not gain one unless you do porn?

OFFICER737 · 02-01-2007, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TwistedGray

Well, Will, it will replace the FOOD tax according to the post you made. So you lose a tax not gain one unless you do porn?

With this state? You will lose that rax temporarily and then they will sneak up behind you and throw a fast greasing to you and then it's over until the next time.