Those hard economic times are leading the adult entertainment industry to ask for help from congress.
They want a piece of the bailout plan to improve the economy.
It adds up to billions of dollars to save the porn industry from hardship.
Does the porn industry really need a bailout? Local business owners say sales aren't slowing down.”
At fantasy videos adult films go like hot cakes.
“We don’t plan to close the doors, I mean we have a lot of customers.”
The store manager says his business isn't doing so bad.
” Sales fluctuate a lot, someday s are good, and it depends what time of the week.”
But that's not what porn industry titans are saying.
Hustler's Larry Flynt and Joe Francis are calling out congress to "rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America" by giving a five-billion dollar bailout plan.
They claim the recession isn't stimulating people's libidos.
Larry Flynt - Hustler Magazine
"I figure why not, they did it for the auto industry, they did it for the banks, you have a lot of unhappy people out there where sex si the furthest thing from their mind"
Louis Muhlenbruch - Manager of Fantasy Videos
“The porn industry, doesn't need a bailout for one they make enough as it is.”
“They’re just trying to create a situation like the car industry “
And they say that's exactly what they want; to get in line with everybody else asking for some relief.
They claim people should have more of a say on what they want their tax-dollars going towards.
"I’m dead serious about making congress look stupid. I think the American people should have more to say about those bailouts and how they are spending the money. These politicians have never handled money wisely since I’ve been in this world and I don't think they're going to start now.”
It's estimated that the porn industry pumps a healthy amount of money into the economy, about 13-billion dollars a year.