Nevada is looking into new ways of raising… revenue. Read:
A key state lawmaker has proposed a $5 tax on acts of prostitution in Nevada, where brothels operate legally in some areas, and a counseling agency for sex workers that would be funded by part of the tax revenue.
“We’re desperate to find money for essential government services, so I will go anywhere to do that,” Senate Taxation Chairman Bob Coffin, D-Las Vegas, said todayin discussing his plan that by his estimate would raise at least $2 million a year from sex acts in the legal bordellos.
Coffin said the idea of getting taxes from the brothel business has been discussed for years but was rejected because “people weren’t willing to get their hands dirty” — even though the legal brothels volunteered to be taxed.
“I don’t know why people won’t recognize that we have a legal industry,” Coffin added. “I’m willing to go in and do the dirty work if no one else will.”
I’m sure Coffin will have to do lots and lots of research on this pressing issue, which touches deeply the lives of thousands of people. So much so, that it now requires an act of congress. Er, legislature. Anyway, the turgid point here is that they’ve finally found a way to tax thingy.
Well hell, why don’t they just cut out the middle man and blow me?
I thought it was illegal in Las Vegas or something?
(Not rich enough to investigate)
“I thought it was illegal in Las Vegas or something?”
It’s “illegal” within LV city limits and really most of the cities in NV. But there are Brothels just down the road from them…
It’s legal in Nevada counties with under a threshold population of 400,000.
I predict that once these municipalities start getting revenue from prostitution, you will see widespread legalization of the practice.
The missing line from The Beatles is, apparently:
“If you try to —- I’ll tax your —-”
There’s something missing in it too…