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Dave Hodges

The Unintended Consequences of Fascism

With increasing public dissatisfaction of the politicians forsaking of the American middle class in favor of Congress’ servitude to corporate special interests, many refer to our elected representatives as metaphoric whores who will do anything for monetary donations to their next political campaign. There is a situation brewing in Arizona which may move the term “political whore” from a figurative term to a literal form of speech.

In my recent article, Government Sponsored Corporate Welfare, Waste, Fraud and Abuse within Arizona (Part Three) , I detailed how the State of Arizona is playing loose and free with $50 million of Arizonan’s tax dollars in order to bankroll the film and entertainment industry. Now, there are new facts coming to light which suggests that not only are the taxpayers being fleeced by the politicians and their film industry special interest partners, but some of this$50,000, 000 could be used to support the hard core pornography industry which is in the process of relocating from California to the more friendly governmental economic and social justice confines of Arizona.

Shelley Lubben (www.shelleylubben.com ), a former pornography star and now the Executive Director, Pink Cross Foundation has led the fight against exploitive employment practices of California’s porn industry including a reform effort to force the use of condoms by performers, enforcement of the Occupational safety standards prohibit contact between skin, mucous membranes and blood which serves to promote the spread of diseases such as Herpes, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia. HPV, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C, etc.

Sales of pornographic DVD’s have decreased because of California’s clamp down of its own sex industry. Arizona is treading on virgin ground as there is virtually no regulation of the sex film industry and recent events may create a clear reason for the porn industry’s move to Phoenix as the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed complaints against 16 porn studios to the state’s OSHA division for failing to require porn actors to wear condoms. The new requirement has forced the porn industry the threat of moving their place of business. Therefore, the next best place is Phoenix, Arizona with its corporate friendly lack of enforcement of Arizona version of OSHA laws (http://www.ica.state.az.us/Divisions/osha/index.html )

And, of course, there is the possibility of tapping into the $50 million dollar taxpayer giveaway that Arizona’s legislators have so graciously made available to their campaign friendly partners in the entertainment industry.

The porn industry is replete with horrific statistics which demonstrates its threat, not only to the performers, but to our youngest citizens as well.

The largest consumer of internet pronorgraphy are 35-49 year olds. Yet,  children, 7-17,  who would give out their emails and addresses online are 29%. Sixty percent of Children, 8-16, have hard core online sexual experiences.  http://www.familysafemedia.com/pornography_statistics.html

My Libertarian leanings tell me that what happens behind closed doors is the business of the participants and certainly not the business of the government.  I also get the notion which speaks to a parent’s responsibility to protect their own children and to stop relying on the government to raise their children. However, when our tax money is up for grabs to these flesh peddlers, then it becomes the business of all the people.

On a larger stage, when we allow any form of fascism to triumph, we all get screwed regardless of whether the consequences were intended or unintended.