Viet-Justice

Some fools on capital hill have introduced legislation creating a Porn Tax and Mandatory Age Verification. This is a tax and should be stopped. In addition it creates unnecessary expenses for the financial services industry. We should be reducing costs in the private sector and not driving up expenses which weaken our economy.

Dear Senators

I am writing to you concerning the The Internet Safety and Child Protection Act of 2005. I ask that you oppose this legislation. First, it is a tax and this nation does not need any more taxes. Second, it requires that Adult, for-profit websites would be required to use software to verify the age of users attempting to access them. Online merchants, banks, and credit card companies could not process payment transactions that are not age-verified. The FTC would be empowered to issue and enforce regulations pursuant to age verification. The second clause of the bill is redundant. A person must be 18 or older to acquire a credit card in order to make a credit card transaction. In addition there is software to restrict the websites that minors go to available for purchase at any electronics store. Finally it creates a large degree of red tape for financial institutions. I see this legislation as a crutch for irresponsible parents who do not want to take the time to monitor their children’s activities online. We should encourage accountability for parents rather that letting them off the hook by doing something under the guise of “for the childern”.