LOS ANGELES — In an announcement that launched a thousand unprintable puns, adult-entertainment moguls Larry Flynt and Joe Francis said Wednesday that they are asking Washington for a $5 billion federal bailout, claiming that the porn business is suffering from the soft economy.
Francis insisted in a phone interview that this is no joke or publicity stunt, though his tone suggested otherwise.
“The government’s handing out money to the auto industry,â€
I was just thinking that I might need a stimulus package also.
so hard to believe those stiff beauracrats would give these guys money . might as well bail out the canucks and ferries too
The whole thing is a big joke–both of these guys have been very outspoken in opposition to the various bailouts that have been handed out. This is their reductio ad absurdum argument against the bailouts–surely if car companies and banks should get money the porn industry should too–imagine the hundreds of thousands of American men, women, and 15-17 year olds who might log on to their favourite website a few nights from now and see that it’s been shut down due to lack of subscriptions.