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Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 02-26-2003, 09:38 PM:

I am not making this up. When I read it, I don't know if I should laugh or what. Here are some excerpts of the news article:

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"Business is good," says ******* ******.

So good that several influential Nevada lawmakers think the industry should do more than fulfill sexual fantasies. With the state facing a deficit of up to $704 million, some legislators want to tax the fees of Nevada prostitutes in what could be the ultimate sin tax.

"Everybody should pay," said Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, a Reno Democrat. It should be taxed just like any other entertainment."

Brothels and hookers in Nevada - the only state with legal prostitution - are subject to federal income tax on their overall earnings, and have to pay various county taxes and fees. But Nevada has no state income tax.

Some say a state tax on sex acts would further legitimize an industry that many people prefer to keep at arm's length. A state tax could also hurt the small rural counties that depend on revenue from local brothel taxes. And some fear it could drive legal prostitutes underground.

The brothel owners are not particularly enthusiastic, either.

"What are the girls going to do?" asked Geoff Arnold, president of the Nevada Brothel Association. "Have a calculator in the room? The girls aren't the best at math."
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Anyway, I am laughing. Maybe the State of Nevada should "charge by the mileage" or "put a meter on it." [Big Grin]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-26-2003, 11:25 PM:

Geee, Paul, that is almost as disgusting as the message I got from the IRS when I was researching the tax laws this year....

>>> Phil

[ 02-27-2003, 12:36 AM: Message edited by: Daryl C. W. O'Shea ]

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 02-27-2003, 06:53 AM:

Geee Phil, [eyes]

According to that letter from the I.R.S. you wrote it to yourself. [Big Grin]

Posted by Greg Mueller (Member # 17) on 02-27-2003, 10:26 AM:

I wonder if Sheila Leslie charges tax?

Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 02-27-2003, 04:04 PM:

As a resident of the state of Nevada I will quote Dr. Emmitt Brown from "Back to the Future" fame:

"Damn"
<pause>
"Damn, Damn"

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-27-2003, 05:49 PM:

Not just to myself... all male taxpayers... [Big Grin]

I usually use my name or some other identifier, like my birthday, in the stuff I write cuz it's fun to see how long it takes to make the internet rounds when it gets emailed to me.... and from who & where. Oh, and what may have been changed. [evil]

>>> Phil

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-27-2003, 07:28 PM:

Well they certainly have little else that they can tax in Nevada.....
Mark

Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 02-27-2003, 07:55 PM:

Bob...

Phil is coppying me, I do think that I posted it eons ago in the joke forum... [Big Grin]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-27-2003, 08:23 PM:

Could be Will.... I based it on a 1971 joke memo from memory. I'm sure the original was NOT as fancy as mine. [Big Grin]

>>> Phil

Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 02-27-2003, 09:52 PM:

We'll never know. I received the 'same' one, mailed to me (as in posted), about 7 years ago on actual (replicated) Revenue Canada letterhead.

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 02-27-2003, 10:03 PM:

All right let's end this. I saw this back in the early 50's but at that time it ended at 12 inches did not include "and above".

Since I was well above that size, I knew it wasn't meant for me.

So, therefore I use to have to take the solution in hand. [Smile]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-27-2003, 10:20 PM:

Oh, come on Bob! I 1st saw that 3 years before I was born.... It came to me in a past life before I was re-incarnaded as an ass. [Big Grin]

>>> Phil

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 02-27-2003, 11:13 PM:

Ok , Phil I will come now, however in 1950 you were never an ass, maybe a D-O-N-K-E-Y but never an ass.

Phil, now that you are a senior citizen, you really must begin to get serious like me.

Next time you see someone you don't know. Walk right up to him/her and say: "Have a nice Day!"

But, after you have said this to him/her, to yourself in your minds eye say to yourself (so no one hears you) "Asshole"
[Smile]

Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 02-27-2003, 11:31 PM:

Laughin' my ass off here Bob! [Eek!]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-28-2003, 12:02 AM:

Gosh Bob, you must have read my mind when dealing with some of my.... Ummmm more "stuborn" clients. I've sent in a pic of my alter-ego, when I'm alone and releasing my ahhhh.... frustrations. [evil]

Hopefully it will be in rotation with my other pics...

>>> Phil