Hey, y’all, Jebediah here, and, I reckon I must say, I am rather disturbed. How dare the Italian government put a tax on porn!
Rome, December 13 – Italy has approved a controversial porn tax to stop its finances straying into the red while helping working families .
The earnings of porn superstars at the internationally successful Diva Futura porn factory – the stable that gave the world ’80s porn divas Cicciolina and Moana Pozzi – will be among the hardest hit by the 25% tax .
The company run by billionaire Riccardo Schicchi, ex-husband of hardcore-sensation-turned-TV-celebrity Eva Henger, has been among the most vocal in decrying the tax as discriminatory and "an unacceptable infringement on freedom of expression"
They are really slamming these taxes in there. I guess having a business that makes lots of money is rather handy. But, it seems as if the Italian gov’t is trying to insert itself into every facet of the business. And, I bet those in the USA would be blown away if they knew that a similar law has been suggested in the Senate, but the money shot has been delayed
A new federal proposal that would levy stiff taxes on Internet pornographers violates constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression, legal scholars say.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, an Arkansas Democrat, characterized her bill introduced last week as a way to make the Internet a "safer place" for children. The bill would impose a 25 percent tax on the revenue of most adult-themed Web sites.
Right now, it is just sitting in the Finance Committee, been laying there since July 2005, waiting to be picked up and spread out. Whew!!!!!
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