Comments on: South Carolina Legislators Endeavor to Make the State Moral http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/ tax news, tax info and tax policy Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 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.

]]> By: Mory http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-6447 Mory Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:03:57 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-6447 I think we should have a telethon to help South Carolina I mean if they are in need of 350K of revenue that they need to pass a sin tax, which will in all likelyhood be challenged and found unconstitutional, they should simply just ask the public for help. Oh wait they are asking the public because this tax will simply be added to the magazine cost. Oh well... I wonder how much money it will take to administer this new tax and if passed will these costs outweigh the revenue. I think we should have a telethon to help South Carolina I mean if they are in need of 350K of revenue that they need to pass a sin tax, which will in all likelyhood be challenged and found unconstitutional, they should simply just ask the public for help. Oh wait they are asking the public because this tax will simply be added to the magazine cost. Oh well…

I wonder how much money it will take to administer this new tax and if passed will these costs outweigh the revenue.

]]> By: Jim Howard http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-6448 Jim Howard Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:32:32 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-6448 What was said about South Carolina back in 1860 is still true: "South Carolina is too small to be a country, and to large to be an insane asylum." What was said about South Carolina back in 1860 is still true: “South Carolina is too small to be a country, and to large to be an insane asylum.”

]]> By: Maddy http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-6449 Maddy Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:10:26 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/south-carolina-legislators-endeavor-to-make-the-state-moral/#comment-6449 The cigarette tax is a little surprising. The projected tax revenue from the magazines seems hardly worth it - although I suspect that the internet affects (will affect) sales more that the tax will. The cigarette tax is a little surprising.

The projected tax revenue from the magazines seems hardly worth it - although I suspect that the internet affects (will affect) sales more that the tax will.

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