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House Bill Requires Pornography Filter on All Phones, Computers Purchased in Kansas (cjonline.com)
Two bills introduced in the Kansas House on Wednesday generate funding for human trafficking programs by requiring all new internet-capable telephones or computers sold in the state to feature anti-pornography software and by mandating adult entertainment businesses charge a special admissions tax. From a report: Sabetha Rep. Randy Garber sponsored legislation requiring the software installations and dictating purchasers would have to pay a $20 fee to the state, and whatever cost was assessed by retail stores, to remove filters for "obscene" material. No one under 18 would be allowed to have filter software deleted. "It's to protect children," Garber, a Republican, said in an interview. "What it would do is any X-rated pornography stuff would be filtered. It would be on all purchases going forward. Why wouldn't anybody like this?" He said it wouldn't be surprising if the bill, if adopted as law, generated legal challenges.
This sounds like the work of Mark Sevier. He's an insane dude who is a bit of a rabbit hole to go down, but has been connected to legislation like this across the country.
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2018-03-27/man-who-tried-to-wed-laptop-pushes-anti-porn-bill-across-us
Funny thing is he's also co-sponsored legislation banning censorship lol, this guy is a retard.
http://kslegislature.org/li/b2...
Anybody who has had an inside look knows that the porn business is a hell of a lot more wholesome than the business of government.
If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
Low taxes work for factory jobs where you only need to finish high school (or even elementary school) to do the work.
Low taxes do not work when you require a much more educated workforce. Because that workforce demands things like schools, colleges and universities that do not suck, roads that are not riddled with holes, tap water you can drink safely, and so on. Those government services cost money, and when you race-to-the-bottom on taxes you can't afford to do them. This leads to a large recruiting and retention problem for employers, so they don't want to move. Plus the business frequently benefits from the better services that higher taxes can pay for.
Which is why there's a whole lot of dying industrial towns that keep slashing their taxes, sure that someone will move their high-tech company from a high-tax state any day now. Any day. Maybe if we cut taxes a little more. Here they come. Any time now.