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2006-06-29 Home Front Economy

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Posted by flyover 2006-06-29 01:29|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hey, this very subject was evoked by a RBer a few days ago!

Tax on thingy

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-06-29 07:52|| 2006-06-29 07:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Regulate and tax it, sounds good to me. That way at the end of your "meeting" w/one of the sex workers you can say "thank you ma'am for fixing my pot holes." hahahaha....

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-06-29 08:11|| 2006-06-29 08:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Finally! Someone actually proposes a sex tax!

For all this time, people having sex and not paying a tax on it has been like stealing from the government.

I look forward to a bowel movement tax next. A LOT of people have been cheating the government by having more than the minimum two bowel movements a week. This costs the government a fortune in lost tax revenues.

Remember that higher taxes don't just benefit the government, they benefit everybody.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-29 09:15|| 2006-06-29 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 I propose taxing Senators for all the air they exhale as an exponential rate.

Posted by 3dc 2006-06-29 09:37|| 2006-06-29 09:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa is hoping to stamp out the sex trade by taxing pimps and prostitutes, then jailing them when they don't pay.

And not jailing them now for not reporting income works so well?

This is something that belongs to the states to deal with unless it involves interstate commerce. It's not like there are already enough statutes on the books for which there is insufficient manpower resources for arrest and prosecution.

Posted by Sniper Chease8428 2006-06-29 09:41|| 2006-06-29 09:41|| Front Page Top

#6 And not jailing them now for not reporting income works so well?

LOL! Perhaps Senator Grassley is upset that he can't get a deduction for all of his donations.

Posted by 2b 2006-06-29 10:03|| 2006-06-29 10:03|| Front Page Top

#7 would that "bowel-movement tax" apply to Sen Schumer's speeches?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-29 10:52|| 2006-06-29 10:52|| Front Page Top

#8 If they come up with a sex tax, I'm definitely filing for a return.

Posted by wxjames 2006-06-29 12:41|| 2006-06-29 12:41|| Front Page Top

#9 To funny...."short time sex $100....plus tax "...

Posted by crazyhorse 2006-06-29 12:46|| 2006-06-29 12:46|| Front Page Top

#10 Senator Kennedy is reported to be bitterly opposed to this tax.

Posted by Mike 2006-06-29 12:59|| 2006-06-29 12:59|| Front Page Top

#11 that's cuz he has to file the short form...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-29 13:00|| 2006-06-29 13:00|| Front Page Top

#12 Oh, gawd. Screen cleanup on Aisle 11! LOL, Frank. And, as Taranto notes, "Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment."

Posted by BA 2006-06-29 13:26|| 2006-06-29 13:26|| Front Page Top

#13 Senator Kennedy is reported to be bitterly opposed to this tax.

"Thou dost protest too much".

Posted by Danielle 2006-06-29 13:30|| 2006-06-29 13:30|| Front Page Top

#14 But, But, the USN gives a 'family seperation allowance' during deployments and I have it on very good authority the the Boeing Company (formerly of Seattle, now in Chicago) provides a similiar allowance for employees on detail to such tourist hot spots like Sheyma Island, Alaska. They pay us NOT to have sex!!! ( funny thing tho', my wife never got a check... gotta wonder why....)

Posted by USN, ret. 2006-06-29 14:30|| 2006-06-29 14:30|| Front Page Top

#15 Gonna issue 'em taxi meters for their headboards?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-06-29 14:42|| 2006-06-29 14:42|| Front Page Top

#16 There are a lot of "no brainers" that come out of Washington.

Posted by JohnQC 2006-06-29 15:25|| 2006-06-29 15:25|| Front Page Top

#17 Heck, there are a lot of "no brainers" still there!

Posted by Gir 2006-06-29 16:56|| 2006-06-29 16:56|| Front Page Top

#18 Well, the IRS did own the Mustang Ranch once. The owner had fallen behind on taxes and lost it to the government. David Letterman suggested that they sell a souvenir T-shirt: I got screwed by the Federal Government.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-06-29 19:52|| 2006-06-29 19:52|| Front Page Top

#19 I guess they'll all be independent contractors now?

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-06-29 20:08|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-06-29 20:08|| Front Page Top

#20 I have a great idea for a celebrity brothel in Nevada. You create a website listing hundreds of celebrities. They get something like an eBay rating of how many people want to have sex with them. Lots of the celebrities listed would never do it, so they act as cover for those that would.

Then, subscribers to the site have something like private MySpace pages, that have their pictures and info about them. It also lists 20 or so celebrities they want to have sex with, and how much they would be willing to pay.

Egotistical celebrities would be all over the page to see how popular they are, and how much people are willing to pay to have sex with them. If they see a price and a fan they like, then they arrange to meet in Nevada.

This is not as ridiculous as it sounds. A lot of celebrities are always hungry, and when they aren't working, which is most of the time, they are very conscious about their money reserves. And if their fan looks hot...

This is a very real concept. The next time you see a celebrity you think is hot, ask yourself how much you would pay to have sex with them. Then imagine your surprise if they said "yes".

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-29 20:27|| 2006-06-29 20:27|| Front Page Top

#21 They'd have to pass the NV medical exam, first. You gotta be cleaner than an ~~Episcopalian~~ ~~Lutheran~~ ~~Unitarian~~ ~~Mormon~~ ~~Catholic~~ ~~Baptist~~ ~~Methodist~~ ~~Druid~~ ~~Rosecrucian~~ well hell, you know what I mean. :)

Posted by Crolump Glereper5426 2006-06-29 20:34|| 2006-06-29 20:34|| Front Page Top

#22 So...the Senator proposes that he be allowed to pimp the pimps (!)

Posted by WTF 2006-06-29 22:46|| 2006-06-29 22:46|| Front Page Top

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