Porn industry seeks federal bailout

[ThoughtCriminal]

Porn industry seeks federal bailout

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.

“The take here is that everyone and their mother want to be bailed out from the banks to the big three,” said Owen Moogan, spokesman for Larry Flynt. “The porn industry has been hurt by the downturn like everyone else and they are going to ask for the $5 billion. Is it the most serious thing in the world? Is it going to make the lives of Americans better if it happens? It is not for them to determine.”

Francis said in a statement that “the US government should actively support the adult industry's survival and growth, just as it feels the need to support any other industry cherished by the American people."

“We should be delivering [the request] by the end of today to our congressmen and [Secretary of the Treasury Henry] Paulson asking for this $5 billion dollar bailout,” he told CNN Wednesday.


Flynt and Francis concede the industry itself is in no financial danger — DVD sales have slipped over the past year, but Web traffic has continued to grow.

But the industry leaders said the issue is a nation in need. "People are too depressed to be sexually active," Flynt said in the statement. "This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex."

"With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind. It's time for congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America. The only way they can do this is by supporting the adult industry and doing it quickly."

So far, there has been no congressional reaction to the request.

[H.E. Pennypacker]

Haha...I heard some of this tonight on Dom Giordano on 1210AM - he had Joe Francis on. I think it's more of a joke than anything, but it nonetheless proves the point that this bailout-mania is re-goddamn-diculous.

[Philbert]

Gives a whole new meaning to "too big to fail".

[imperialism2024]

$5 billion?

Hell, just last year I probably spent... er...

[JCWohlschlag]

If they “lobby it correctly” ( ), I bet they can “persuade” Congress to grant the bailout!

[adymond]

If firearms sales weren't through the roof I would like to see the firearms manufacturers seeking a bailout.

[JoeWilliams]

Originally Posted by JCWohlschlag

If they “lobby it correctly” ( ), I bet they can “persuade” Congress to grant the bailout!

Sales have been limp lately, so perhaps you are correct.

[Dredly]

this is a Bail Out I can really get behind!

[Dredly]

Its about time that we get to see what happens to the tax payers when a bailout happens!

[Dredly]

I wonder which head Congress will use to come up with a response to this request