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Porn industry seeks federal bailout
Posted: 05:27 PM ET
From CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand and Mark Preston


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.

–CNN’s Chloe Melas contributed to this report

[KWSS1976]

Yea I heard this on fox news last night knowing larry flint he will get it too..I watched a biography of larry flint one time he is a pretty sharp thinker.. After all he has a buisness just like everyone else does and everyone knows we cannot discrimnate..

[Theresa]

as crazy as this proposed bail out is, it makes as much sense IMO, as the other bail outs.

Instead of bailing out the mortgage companies (who made these bad loans to begin with) or the auto industry - bail out the INDIVIDUALS who can't make their mortgage payments OR purchase new cars.

how is the bail out of the auto industry going to help in the long run? It isnt, it does nothing to stimulate economy so that more people can BUY new cars. So where is the auto industry going to get long term help from?

And I know bad loans arent the only problem with the housing industry, but it's a big part of it....and folks like me who could use some relief from the mortgage industry are DENIED. We were told flat out they couldnt help us nor would they accept a lower payment for any period of time, our only solution was to sell the house before they foreclosed on it. There are houses for sale all over my neighborhood - no one can afford to buy them.... So who did the bailout help? in all honesty?

If they are going to pour money down a rat hole, let them...this is just another rat hole - even tho it is morally reprehensible.

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