<p>[CNN</a> Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Porn industry seeks federal bailout « - Blogs from CNN.com](<a href=“http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/07/porn-industry-seeks-federal-bailout/]CNN”>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/07/porn-industry-seeks-federal-bailout/)</p>
<p>Hopefully this is a joke as I do not want to see tax $$s going here!</p>
<p>It’s clearly a joke. But, as some of the commenters to the story noted, the point is actually a serious one – if every other supposedly “essential” industry can get bailed out, well, why not the adult entertainment industry?</p>
<p>Congress already bailed out the porn industry. The tax cutting conservatives made the internet tax free. The only industry making money on the internet are porn and gambling. The majority of the retail internet sites have physical presence in most states (stores) so they have to charge sales tax. I know some do not but when each State looks into each store/internet site the tax assessments follow. Only the pure internet sites- Amazon etc do not have physical locations and they better be sure how they warehouse and ship- they also better watch how they warranty products.</p>
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<p>You’ve got to be kidding… where have you been for the past decade or so?</p>
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<p>Oh so your problem is that retailers don’t have to charge sales tax to out of state purchasers… well, retailers selling online are subject to the same tax laws as any other store. And if you think that Amazon doesn’t have physical locations that require them to charge sales tax in those states, you are once again showing your ignorance on this issue. Amazon charges sales tax to orders from Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota, and Washington.</p>
<p>If you want those orders taxed, you need to change the tax code.</p>
<p>Net nutrality, FTW</p>
<p>And on the OP’s topic, I am against pretty much all bailouts. Its crazy that a company can be considered important enough to have the taxpayers bail them out of any stupid decisions they make. Thats not as much a private business as it is a de facto government department (for lack of a better term). I’m sure there are tons of small businesses that would love to be considered too important to fail too so they can just do whatever they want :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Icarus- I wrote-Amazon etc do not have physical locations and they better be sure how they warehouse and ship- they also better watch how they warranty products. That is why they charge tax in some States- they must have nexus in those states that require them to charge tax.</p>
<p>By the way my comment about porn and gambling was tongue in cheek</p>
<p>showing your ignorance on this issue- I have enforced sales tax issues on out of state businesses for 30 years. I would put my knowledge against anyone on this board re: sales tax and the requirement to collect it.</p>
<p>^ my apologies then for missing the context… I’m still confused by your comment about watching “how they warrenty products”, however</p>
<p>It is possible for a business with no physical location in the State to create “nexus” and a requirement to collect tax if they warranty products and allow you to take that product to someone in your State for repair. For example you buy a computer from a company with no physical location in the State and for some reason it breaks- you take it to a computer repair company that does the warranty work for the retail company. Depending on several factors that company doing the warranty work can be considered an agent of the retailer thus requiring that out of state retailer to charge sales tax. If the retailer is a corporation they also may become subject to corporate tax.</p>
<p>Interesting - but how many retailers actually provide a warranty for products they sell? All retailers I’ve been to say “check with the manufacturer for any warranty service”.</p>
<p>Well- I believe some computer retailers are also the manufacturers.</p>
<p>I have also seen it with furniture- furniture delivered from NC- slightly damaged in delivery the NC retailer had a furniture repair person in our State do the repairs for them.</p>
<p>So, the TARP may become the TART?</p>
<p>Interesting.</p>
<p>I am against pretty much all bailouts. Its crazy that a company can be considered important enough to have the taxpayers bail them out of any stupid decisions they make.
This.</p>
<p>I don’t actually find legal ( consenting adults) porn much more offensive than I do companies that make products that damage the environment/people .
[Automakers</a> Spin Misleads Consumers | Union of Concerned Scientists](<a href=“http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/solutions/cleaner_cars_pickups_and_suvs/automakers-spin-misleads.html]Automakers”>http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/solutions/cleaner_cars_pickups_and_suvs/automakers-spin-misleads.html)
I am not for censorship of legal actions or material.
But definitely not a Larry Flynt fan - and an industry that encourages environmental waste by increased use of silicone implants/peroxide is not going to be on my christmas list, either.
[US</a> porn industry seeks multi-billion dollar bailout - Telegraph](<a href=“US porn industry seeks multi-billion dollar bailout”>US porn industry seeks multi-billion dollar bailout)</p>
<p>Had hoped to get into porn biz when I was attending college, but just couldn’t get over my shortcomings.</p>
<p>Why not put Larry Flynt and co. in charge of Detroit? They’ve been successful in porn, maybe they could fix the car industry.</p>
<p>How could porn companies being doing bad. People always need to get off. lulz</p>
<p>I’m sure these ladies will be back on their backs in no time.</p>