{"id":619,"date":"2003-04-30T13:29:56","date_gmt":"2003-04-30T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2003-04-30T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2003-04-30T17:29:56","slug":"a-tax-on-wankers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=619","title":{"rendered":"A tax on wankers"},"content":{"rendered":"I didn’t make this up. I really didn’t. But if you want an instance of the utter self-deluding lunacy of the Kansas legislature, this<\/a> beats creationism into a cocked hat. The state is broke, of course, and the Democrats had proposed to raise some revenue by taxing cigarettes,corporations, and those who earn more than $100,000 a year. The Republicans voted this down in favour of a proposal which would tax, amongst other things, masturbation:
“a 5 percent tax on adult entertainment. The tax would apply to sales of sexually explicit material and services, such as live nude performances and actual or simulated sex acts.\n\n

…<\/p>\n\nThe adult entertainment tax would apply to fees for bestiality, masturbation and sadistic or masochistic abuse. Sen. Sarah Steelman, a Rolla Republican, distributed a proposed amendment to add lap dances to the services that would be taxed.”<\/div>\n\n

Yet so virtuous are the inhabitants of Kansas that this charge would only raise $5m.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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