Request for
bailout / stimulus package
by Stephen
Joseph
TO: President
Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner
FROM: Richard
Anderson, President, Federation of Erotic Art
Producers (FEAP)
DATE: April 24,
2009
RE: Request
for bailout / stimulus package
Respected Mr.
President and Mr. Treasury Secretary,
I am the
president of the Federation of Erotic Art
Producers, better known as FEAP. FEAP is a duly
registered Section 501 (c) (3) non-profit entity.
Our organization is an umbrella organization
representing more than 100 smaller organizations
whose goal is to promote erotic art, commonly
known as pornography.
As you may or
may not know, the production of high-quality
pornography has decreased by over 90% during the
past twenty years. This is due largely to the
following:
1) Enforcement
of strict anti-obscenity laws, which has forced
producers of smut to ‘take their business
elsewhere.’ Many of our outstanding member
artists are either in jail or on parole for
expressing their rights to free speech.
2) The
explosion of non-professional or
‘amateur’ porn being produced by
libidinous college students having phones with
built-in cameras, restless housewives using cheap
digital cameras and opportunistic freelancers
using home video equipment. The romp videos
produced by this sector are low quality, but they
attract high eyeball ratios because the orgasms
are real.
3) The
widespread practice of copying CDs containing
legitimate porn videos and rampant distribution
of same freely on the Internet has led to an
erosion of profits for our members.
From the time
the video camera was invented to the present,
adult pornography has pumped millions of dollars
into the American economy and provided
entertainment for discerning adults at reasonable
cost. It is an industry that is essential for the
smooth functioning of a free, progressive and
democratic society.
On behalf of
the FEAP, I hereby request the Congress of the
United States to introduce legislation designed
to safeguard and promote the rights of
America’s porn artisans and producers. If
poorly-managed companies like AIG, GM, Ford,
Chrysler and Citibank can receive hundreds of
billions of dollars in public bailout money, then
surely professionally-managed companies engaged
in the production and distribution of commercial
erotic art are rightfully entitled to federal
bailout money. As per our calculations, our
industry needs an immediate infusion of $25
billion to stay afloat.
Gentlemen, I
do not need to tell you how important saving the
porn industry is to the American people, not to
mention the American economy. It is imperative
that you Mr. President and you Mr. Treasury
Secretary work swiftly in conjunction with
Congress to pass legislation to bail out and/or
stimulate the fledgling adult film industry.
Without this bailout / stimulus package, millions
of Americans will be left without a valid form of
entertainment and thousands of hard working
artisans will be forced to prostitute themselves
on the streets. As you can appreciate, the
streets of America are no place for erotica
artisans. They belong indoors under lights and
cameras, doing what they do best, for the viewing
pleasure of the American public. I submit that
this issue is of national public importance and
it is the government’s paramount duty to
ensure that it bail out and/or stimulate
America’s struggling but vital porn industry.
With highest
regards,
Richard
Anderson
President, FEAP
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