Nevada prostitutes back proposed tax

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Legislative hearings often can be dull, but that was hardly the case yesterday as prostitutes and owners of legal Nevada brothels showed up to tell state lawmakers they support a bill to levy a $5 state tax on sex acts that would garner $2 million a year in revenue.

Sen. Bob Coffin's proposed tax, to help the state out of its fiscal crisis, was criticized during a Senate Taxation Committee hearing by prostitution researcher Melissa Farley as “an act of legislative pimping.â€