Alabama's New 40% Porn Tax Law
 

Republicans? Hypocritical Stance on Alabama?s Proposed Porn Tax | Above the Law

Will it pass and be signed into law by the Governor?


Just a proposal for now {but 40%}?

A pornographer supporting republicans is like a turkey supporting Thanksgiving.

I do not see any way in which this tax would survive a constitutional challenge, if porn is free speech as has been determined then by definition it cannot be taxed, plain and simple.

Free X 40% = Free

Gotta pay for all the bs

Strip Club's Suit Says NY Tax Laws Violate Free Speech

The New York Tax Court says otherwise.

Free Speech when it comes to Commercial Speech is subject to lesser protection with intermediate scrutiny

It's not so plain and simple ...

I've always thought Porn sites and Internet in general should be taxed at a lower rate, since there is little environmental impact or use of government resources like roads etc.

Been wondering about republicans in this industry. Why?

Reading online newspaper has bigger environmental impact if the paper newspaper is read by more than one person. Based on a study. Electricity doesn't come without environmental impact, nor the devices, infrastructure, etc.

My comment isn't about taxation, just about the environmental impact and infrastructure/ resources required.

Don't turn this into a Dem/Rep debate. George Wallace was a racist and segregationist also a Democrat from Alabama.

This is an obvious use of an excise tax of a commercial product like tobacco or alcohol is taxed. They are trying to use the public menace reasoning like they use to tax tobacco or alcohol. The difference is that this is a ''sin'' tax via the Southern Baptist theology that prominent there.

Where is the Free Speech Association? Lights are on and nobody is home. LMAO

As far a resource use -- that has absolutely nothing to do with an excise tax. A ''sin'' tax really.

Fuck Alabama. Alabama is nothing to my business anyway but if Alabama succeeds with this tax what is to stop more commercially important states to enact excise taxes on porn -- this law is written to include eCommerce as electronic transactions also. What mechanism they could try to collect their tax from businesses with no nexus (legal presence) in Alabama escapes me.