According to a wire service story, Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) plans on introducing legislation this week that would add a 25% federal excise tax on pornography and additional requirements on adult websites. Lincoln’s spokesman wouldn’t comment on the bill’s provisions, stating, “We prefer to wait until the bill is introduced to discuss it.” As of this morning, the legislation has not been introduced.
I’m naturally skeptical about efforts to regulate sin. Sure, child pornography is bad, children viewing pornography is bad, etc.; however, if this legislation were to pass and it was effective, wouldn’t pornographic websites just move across the borders away from the US?