Brothel owners reluctantly support sex tax bill

[JohnnyLib2]

Only in Nevada (politics)-----

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”Do I want to be taxed?” said Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch and the Love Ranch in Lyon County. “No. But we are here to do the right thing and step up to help the state of Nevada.”

With Nevada facing a $2.2-billion deficit heading into the next two-year financial cycle, Sen. Bob Coffin, D-Las Vegas, has sponsored a bill to impose a $5 tax on each prostitution visit, including legal brothels in rural counties and the illegal prostitution in Las Vegas and Reno.

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www.rgj.com/article/20090407/NEWS18/90407052&OAS_sitepage=news.rgj.com%2Fbreakingnews

[Jackpine Radical]

1. It's a fucking outrage, I say.

[marmar]

2. A flat shag tax?

:P

[FreakinDJ]

4. as opposed to an inverted shag tax ????

[rug]

3. They should only tax the large deposits.

[FreakinDJ]

5. Should be a progressive shag tax

[TheWraith]

6. Uh, how do you tax illegal prostitution?

I'm guessing they don't file formal disclosure papers.

[enlightenment]

8. Even prossies file income tax . . .

;)

[Sparkly]

11. By making it legal?

:shrug:

[arcadian]

7. That's quite a stiff tax.

Sen. Bob Coffin, he's already got one foot in the political graveyard., this will finish him.

[The Straight Story]

9. Damn, they tax sex too? I guess next we will tax taxes

:)

[denem]

10. Finally, taxing vice gets to the big one,

... and little ones too :evilgrin:

[JohnnyLib2]

12. ! ! !

:rofl:

[JohnnyLib2]

13. ... it was an interesting day in the Assembly:

"Women from the Bunny Ranch said they were willing to be taxed but told lawmakers that as independent contractors, they already pay hefty taxes.

“I already pay five digits in taxes each year,” said Deanne Salinger, Nevada’s reigning courtesan of the year, according to the BunnyRanch Web site."


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