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So, what do you feel about James Fishback and his plan to tax you 50%

as a sin tax for being a sinner?

I mean, I'm going to be honest, it's ridiculous.

It's very ridiculous.

Florida already has no income state tax.

It doesn't exist.

So, it just...

It seems very selective and it seems like it's a punishment.

James...

Are you there, James? Yeah, you are.

Sophie says that she feels like this is a punishment.

Why are you punishing her?

Well, hey, Sophie, good to meet you.

It's not a punishment at all.

What it is is a deterrent.

I think Sophie recognises that our state was better off

when young women aspired to be teachers, small business owners,

doctors and lawyers, as opposed to creating adult content.

I can respect Sophie Rain as an individual

and still respectfully call out that I don't want thousands

of young women who are in high school today

to feel like the only way they can make a living when they graduate

is selling adult content, video, photos of themselves on the internet.

And so, Sophie, look, with all due respect,

I know you're from Florida, I'm from Florida,

we both love our state, I want what's best for you

and I want what's best for every single woman in our state

and that's not to be objectified and exploited by the OnlyFans owners.

Sophie, what's your response to that?

I feel like as adults, we are all able to legally make our own decisions

and I think that we should also educate a lot more

on all of these opportunities that you're speaking of

because I just don't think that we should be singling out

any individual for what they choose to do.

James?

Well, I want to single out drug dealers, Sophie.

I want to single out people who are committing crimes in our society

and so as governor, my responsibility is very simple.

I want to make sure that there is a path.

What is, with all due respect to Sophie,

what are you going to tell your daughter in 10 or 15 years

when all of these images are all over the internet

and your daughter is being bullied in middle school

and was told that you guys were Christians?

With all due respect, what do you say then?

It creates a real weight, a real tension between a mom and her children

and of course, a worker and her employer.

I don't want to encourage women to go on OnlyFans

and then get fired from their job and then have a real fight at home

about what mommy did on the internet last week.

Okay, Sophie?

I mean, I'm only 21, I haven't even thought about having kids yet

but also, I think that the main discussion here is syntax

and like in the state of Florida, there is already no income tax

and that's also one of the main identities of Florida

is that it is a no income state tax

and I think the main issue here is,

is you're attacking women already on the site making money

and there's multiple...

I'm attacking men as well.

Exactly, there's multiple people on the site

and not everyone does adult content.

Prior to slavery being illegal...

No, no, Piers, prior to slavery being illegal,

would you have opposed slavery because it was legal?

It was legal, Piers, it's okay if it's legal, right?

Sophie?

I mean, I didn't live back then.

I'm just here to talk about what we are here to talk about,

which is syntax and it's a selective...

Of course you didn't live back then, Sophie, of course you didn't.

This is my issue, this is my issue.

I'm here to have a good faith conversation

with a former Florida resident, sorry, a current Florida resident

and my point to Sophie is this,

is if you want to keep doing this,

then we're going to take 50% of what you earn

and we're going to use it to raise public school teacher pay.

Our public school teachers are not getting paid enough.

We're going to use this as a resource

to fund the empowerment of young women

who have signed up to do something dignified,

with all due respect, unlike you,

and be a public school teacher,

educating, inspiring and motivating the next generation.