Governor Daniels needs to find new jobs for Indiana, and one of California’s premier industries centered in the San Fernando Valley is threatening to up and leave, taking with it an estimated 40,000 jobs.
That industry is porn, which Democrat Assemblyman Charles Carlderon wants to tax at 25% (quite an increase from the current 8%). This tax would apply to strip clubs, pornographic videos, and “other adult entertainment.” Porn industry representatives (who tend to be “hotter” than their political opponents) held a press conference stating that because this tax will apply to each stage of the “production process,” it would put the industry out of business. The Carlderon bill would tax production, distribution, retail sales, Internet downloads, and performances of adult entertainment.
Republicans, those protectors of family values right up until it affects the value of their families’ pocketbooks, have “vowed to oppose any new tax increases” (mostly because they don't want to pay more when they download at 3 a.m. while their wives are sleeping).
So maybe this might not happen. BUT…why not set the bait, Governor.
Indiana is a low-tax state, right? Let’s make a pitch to the industry. We have a lot of abandoned factories to convert into adult sex toy creation. Plus, I’ve already coined your marketing campaign slogan (see headline above).
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