France: 93% tax on porn films

Booster

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France: 93% tax

Hey man, this is just plain crazy! I seen on the TV that one producer had to leave France because of these taxes, he migrated to the USA, IIRC. So, noone makes such films in France anyways because of ridiculously high taxes maybe.
 

Evadman

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In related news, 93% of the male French move to Germany.
 

damiano

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Originally posted by: Evadman
In related news, 93% of the male French move to Germany.

I guess so...
or to the US :)
being from france originally i consider it to be a completly stupid thing...
(plus see sig... :) )
oh well

cheers
damiano


 
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Originally posted by: notfred
that seems very un-France-like. They should have lots of porn in France.

"And in other news, the French operative team GIGN made a failed attempt today to capture the fabled pr0n smuggler 'MercenaryForHire'. Upon entrance to the facility, the suspect fled carrying a backpack full of hard drives and a Pioneer DVD-R unit.

"As police gave pursuit, the proximity alarm triggered the multiple plasma screens in the walls to begin displaying images from goatse.cx in rapid succession. Four members were permanently crippled. And the men themselves are in states of critical shock.

"Authorities have issued an advisory to any digital media outlets to be alert for a white male aged 20-25 purchasing large quantities of blank DVD-Rs, and would like to remind the perverted Frenchmen out there to support the local arts rather than the filthy American smut peddled by this dark individual in shady bars and alleyways."

:D

- M4H
 

TNTrulez

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First they take away the smut. Then they take away the smut filled books. Then they take away the books without smut.
Book banning is suck.
 

Booster

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Originally posted by: TNTrulez
First they take away the smut. Then they take away the smut filled books. Then they take away the books without smut.
Book banning is suck.

Don't you think comparing books to err this kind of stuff is a bit of an unfair comparison?
 

Miramonti

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How about the US tax on cigarettes? Thats reasonable the the porn tax isn't?
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Amused

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Originally posted by: Booster
Originally posted by: TNTrulez
First they take away the smut. Then they take away the smut filled books. Then they take away the books without smut.
Book banning is suck.

Don't you think comparing books to err this kind of stuff is a bit of an unfair comparison?

No.

Content is content. None should be banned or singled out for special taxes.
 

TNTrulez

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Originally posted by: jjsole
How about the US tax on cigarettes? Thats reasonable the the porn tax isn't?
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The special tax on cigarrette is imposed upon the buyer (the buyer pays for the costs of the tax).
This 93% tax is imposed upon the manufacturer's profit. Would you operate a business if you can only keep 7% of the profits from that business?
Example, let say you invested $1000 and got back $1200. Now that $200 would be profit and be taxed at 93%. Ouch!
 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: TNTrulez
Originally posted by: jjsole
How about the US tax on cigarettes? Thats reasonable the the porn tax isn't?
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The special tax on cigarrette is imposed upon the buyer (the buyer pays for the costs of the tax).
This 93% tax is imposed upon the manufacturer's profit. Would you operate a business if you can only keep 7% of the profits from that business?
Example, let say you invested $1000 and got back $1200. Now that $200 would be profit and be taxed at 93%. Ouch!

that is pretty harsh, though your concept of who pays the sales tax is off... the legal burden is usually on the seller to collect, but the cost is shared by each party.
 

Insomnium

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Originally posted by: jjsole
How about the US tax on cigarettes? Thats reasonable the the porn tax isn't?
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Yea but cigarettes and smoke can kill over time (as if the gov. cares about your health im sure.) The only thing dying from porn are kittens so the cig. tax makes a tad more sense.
 

smartt

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Any country dumb enough to think Iraq is their ally should hand out porn for free. Maybe it would keep people from actually having real sex.
 

Miramonti

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Originally posted by: TNTrulez
Originally posted by: jjsole How about the US tax on cigarettes? Thats reasonable the the porn tax isn't?
rolleye.gif
The special tax on cigarrette is imposed upon the buyer (the buyer pays for the costs of the tax). This 93% tax is imposed upon the manufacturer's profit. Would you operate a business if you can only keep 7% of the profits from that business? Example, let say you invested $1000 and got back $1200. Now that $200 would be profit and be taxed at 93%. Ouch!

Its all the same, the extra costs of doing business will be passed on to the consumer, even tho the producer takes a bit more financial risk.
Yea but cigarettes and smoke can kill over time (as if the gov. cares about your health im sure.) The only thing dying from porn are kittens so the cig. tax makes a tad more sense.
That sounds fairly naive. Do you think alcohol is taxed to prevent people from drinking? The taxes hardly even go to health care either, which is the sick thing about it. They will tax and tax until sales go down because these taxes help finance everything under the sun. The last thing that state and federal politicians want to see is everyone to quit smoking, because they would never be able to balance their budgets again.

And as for the differences, porn is the scum of all industries so I'd be very happy to see it cut into thier profits...which it unfortunately won't tho, theirs always a market and buyers for new material.

 

0roo0roo

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cig taxes are retarded. think time magazine had a thing on it. cigs are light, cheap and legal. if you only took in 25% of the tax difference per truck load, u'd make 800,000 bux a truckload. lucritive.
 

Kadarin

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Those wacky French... Their conservative government is all screwed up; hard on porn (pun alert) while soft on Iraq...
 

Lucky

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I forsee the creation of a french easynews.com and a large increase in the number of CD-burners sold in france.
 

0roo0roo

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thats no good, in a few years after u lose ur pr0n industry all u have is old pr0n :p how lame!