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Title: 'Skin taxes' tempt, but face 1st Amendment issues (AP)
Post by: riky on February 27, 2009, 05:05:05 PM
'Skin taxes' tempt, but face 1st Amendment issues
    (AP)

 



<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fap%2F20090227%2Fcapt.c14c214af32749bfadd418e959d7622e.porn_tax_watw201.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Kelly Arbor, manager of Babeland, a store which sells sex toys, adult DVDs, magazines and other erotica, works in the store Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, in Seattle. In Washington state, some legislators have proposed an additional 18.5 percent sales tax on pornographic movies, magazines, and other sex-themed products. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_re_us/porn_tax)AP - It's enough to make you blush: Some politicians want a bigger taste of the economy's naughty side, pushing for special taxes on dirty magazines, racy movies, sex toys and strip clubs.</p><br clear="all"/>


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