Stimulus package for all!

[sawyl]

This is somewhat bizarre: the American pornography industry is asking for billions of dollars to help it through it's current sag:

Flynt and Francis, who say that adult DVD sales have dived 22% over the last year, argue that they, too, deserve a helping hand.

"Congress seems willing to help shore up our nation's most important businesses [and] we feel we deserve the same consideration," Francis said in a statement.

"In difficult economic times Americans turn to entertainment for relief. More and more, the kind of entertainment they turn to is adult entertainment."

Owen Moogan, a spokesman for Flynt, told CNN: "The take here is that everyone and their mother want to be bailed out, from the banks to the big three.

"The porn industry has been hurt by the downturn like everyone else and they are going to ask for the $5bn. Is it the most serious thing in the world? Is it going to make the lives of Americans better if it happens? It is not for them to determine."

Initially I thought this was a spoof, a la Julian Gough in the NYT, but I'm starting to wonder whether the pornographers might actually be in earnest...