Comments on: South Carolina Legislators Endeavor to Make the State Moral http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Cheers for a Soda Tax? - Kelly Phillips Erb - Taxgirl - Forbes http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-25591 Cheers for a Soda Tax? - Kelly Phillips Erb - Taxgirl - Forbes Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:55:51 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-25591 [...] tax, it makes the rest of society feel better about it. So, we tax cigarettes, tanning, alcohol and porn and act rather smug about the whole [...] [...] tax, it makes the rest of society feel better about it. So, we tax cigarettes, tanning, alcohol and porn and act rather smug about the whole [...]

]]> By: Tug of War in SC Over Cigarette Tax | taxgirl http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-16202 Tug of War in SC Over Cigarette Tax | taxgirl Fri, 07 May 2010 11:58:05 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-16202 [...] not a job creation bill. But when did that ever stop SC from trying to raise taxes before on say, porn? I don’t think the legislature is making any attempt to couch the tax hike as anything more [...] [...] not a job creation bill. But when did that ever stop SC from trying to raise taxes before on say, porn? I don’t think the legislature is making any attempt to couch the tax hike as anything more [...]

]]> By: Your Cheatin’ Heart | lawmummy http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-10775 Your Cheatin’ Heart | lawmummy Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:03:38 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-10775 [...] a marriage. His own state has worked hard to ban gay marriages and has even taken to essentially paying married couples extra money in an effort to “promote [...] [...] a marriage. His own state has worked hard to ban gay marriages and has even taken to essentially paying married couples extra money in an effort to “promote [...]

]]> By: Fat? TV Addict? Should You Be Taxed on Your Lifestyle? | taxgirl http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-7008 Fat? TV Addict? Should You Be Taxed on Your Lifestyle? | taxgirl Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:03:05 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-7008 [...] kind of sin tax - Australia taxes alcopops, the UK taxes snack foods and here in the US we keep trying (and trying) to tax [...] [...] kind of sin tax – Australia taxes alcopops, the UK taxes snack foods and here in the US we keep trying (and trying) to tax [...]

]]> By: Michelle http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-6441 Michelle Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:21:36 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-6441 Ever since moving to South Carolina, I've been in a state of constant shock. I keep wondering if anyone here lives up to their own moral standards. How does taxing a magazine curb porn use in the youth of South Carolina? Have people in SC not caught up to the computer age yet? Do kids even read magazines nowadays? Cigarettes.. ok, why not? I get that. Love the marriage money. Sounds like just enough to go out and buy a pack a cigarettes and few porn mags. Ever since moving to South Carolina, I’ve been in a state of constant shock. I keep wondering if anyone here lives up to their own moral standards. How does taxing a magazine curb porn use in the youth of South Carolina? Have people in SC not caught up to the computer age yet? Do kids even read magazines nowadays? Cigarettes.. ok, why not? I get that. Love the marriage money. Sounds like just enough to go out and buy a pack a cigarettes and few porn mags.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-6444 Kelly Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:37:15 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-6444 Mory, I do agree re the cost to administer the tax re the anticipated revenue... I can't imagine that the state will do much more than break even. This is kind of my point - it's clearly just intended to "punish" immoral behavior. Bah. Mory,
I do agree re the cost to administer the tax re the anticipated revenue… I can’t imagine that the state will do much more than break even. This is kind of my point – it’s clearly just intended to “punish” immoral behavior. Bah.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-6443 Kelly Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:35:54 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-6443 Jim - My husband is still laughing, very funny. Jim -
My husband is still laughing, very funny.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-6442 Kelly Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:35:18 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-6442 Maddy, I thought that the revenue was surprisingly low, too, considering the hullaballoo. You make a good point re internet sales. Maddy,

I thought that the revenue was surprisingly low, too, considering the hullaballoo.

You make a good point re internet sales.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-6445 Kelly Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:35:09 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-6445 While I don't doubt that there might information that would indicate that sexual predators read porn, I do not believe that the opposite is true: that reading porn makes one a sexual predators. This type of argument is similar to the stripper tax in Texas which was recently struck down: http://www.taxgirl.com/strippers-everywhere-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief-texas-pole-tax-is-no-more/ While I don’t doubt that there might information that would indicate that sexual predators read porn, I do not believe that the opposite is true: that reading porn makes one a sexual predators.

This type of argument is similar to the stripper tax in Texas which was recently struck down: http://www.taxgirl.com/strippers-everywhere-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief-texas-pole-tax-is-no-more/

]]> By: Tax Guy http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-6446 Tax Guy Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:28:02 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-6446 Instead of mocking any suggestion of a link between pornography and sexual predators, try conducting a bit of research to form an educated opinion. You might be surprised to learn that the overwhelming majority of sex offenders got their start with this material. So there could quite possibly be the link. In regard to the cigarette tax, South Carolina has the lowest tobacco tax in the nation and some of the highest rates of tobacco use among teens. Conducting a bit of research on the planned use of the tax would show that it would go to pay for insurance for the working poor and their families in South Carolina. Instead of mocking any suggestion of a link between pornography and sexual predators, try conducting a bit of research to form an educated opinion. You might be surprised to learn that the overwhelming majority of sex offenders got their start with this material. So there could quite possibly be the link.

In regard to the cigarette tax, South Carolina has the lowest tobacco tax in the nation and some of the highest rates of tobacco use among teens. Conducting a bit of research on the planned use of the tax would show that it would go to pay for insurance for the working poor and their families in South Carolina.

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