The source of the world’s biggest sperm bank may soon run dry if Danish authorities decide to tax donors, Cryos International Sperm Bank said Wednesday. Denmark, with the world’s highest income tax levels, wants sperm donors to pay tax on the 500 crown ($84.59) reimbursement men receive for their services. “It is a special kind of work and therefore the fee cannot be compared to normal working income,” Cryos said in a letter to the tax authorities, adding it risked losing donors, most of whom are students.
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Ahem… “A special kind of work”?
I’m not a man, but I imagine it must be a helluva lot more fun than a lot of other kinds of “work”.
And since most of the donors are students, they’re evidently doing it just for a little extra money. After all, it’s not as if someone’s actually trying to earn an actual living that way.
And good grief, most guys do the same thing constantly… for free!
$85 ain’t bad. But what about taxing this work?
my reasoning was a roundabout way to say yes, this kind of “work” should be taxed.
Why should that kind of output result in “clean” income?
Their earnings should rightly be termed “gross” earnings.
No, not constantly, I stop doing it while I’m on BooMan Tribune. So there!
I haven’t done it since I married my loving and beautiful wife of just shy of 4 yrs.
wow…i figured married folk do it more. who knew.
What… you can get paid for this?!?!?!
This may be a bit of bad taste, but it’s an Open Thread and all….
There is this lady at the clinic, waiting in line under a sign that states: “Donation of blood; $25 for a pint.”
Down the corridor, there is another (short) line and she notices that they are all men. The sign above the door says: “Donate sperm! Receive $100”
Hmm, the lady thinks, $25 for a whole pint of blood – while a tiny squirt gives $100. Very unfair.
Some minutes later she’s at the head of the sperm donor line and is let in. The doctor looks at her with some confusion and says: “There must be a misunderstanding – are you donating sperm?” “Uhm-mm”, answers the lady and grabs a sample glass to spit out – “but forget about the guy behind me – no cash for him today!”
LOL
so far i am resisting the urge to indulge in cheap shots in this diary
other people may have to “resisting the urge” as well. I’m sorry, it’s just too easy to make corny jokes right now.
You were a little premature there…
BTW I note elsewhere (couldn’t find the url) that in a recent study, British men came out rather well in sexual duration, lasting 7+ minutes on average. Americans and French came out rather poorly.
What I’d like to see are the duration figures for the Danish Sperm bank.
me too about the cheap shots(although $84.59 ain’t eggzactly cheap)
I don’t know how the money compares internationally but here in the states its a decent income, at least if you are a student and have pretty low expenses anyways. But its not a cake walk…
A friend of mine did this for a while when we were in college. First you have to go through a very extensive and strict medical and personal history screening, and there are a zillion things that can disqualify you including having homosexual relations (I’m not really sure why this is the case). Next thing is that you have to donate twice per week and you are not allowed to orgasm for two days prior to the donation b/c it diminish sperm count. At best you might get to have a sex life once per week.
Incidentally my friend was fired after having the job for about two weeks because he showed up for his slot 5 minutes late. Do chronically late people have bad genes? 🙂
instead of soup nazis, we have sperm nazis.
I can hear it now, “No sperm for you!”
I only know that I am the luckiest man on the planet earth. Two beautiful children, a beautiful and loving wife, whom I adore. A life so filled with joy and happiness at home, that I have to remember that others in the world are not so fortunate as myself. I am indeed blessed and walk in grace each day of my life.
George W. Bush?
I am insulted, lol I tell you I get no respect. George W. Bush must be the most miserable human being on the face of the planet. I know he sure is in my opinion. What I can tell you is this. Even if I was dirt poor, living in a shack, what I have been given in this life today is the greatest gift I could ever ask for. I have freedom from active addiction, 17+ yrs, the love a wonderful woman and my children, I love them with all that I am. Not even the great and hallowed GW the talkinghead can take that away from me, because it is all within me. I met a Holocaust survivor back in the early 70’s and she told me something that I have never forgetten, I did not listen to it or apply it to my life until I became clean and sober. She said, you know the nazi’s took away everything they thought was important, material things, food, clothing, shelter, basic humanity, yet they could not take the one thing that I cherished most. They could not take away the love I hold for myself and my family. Even as I watched them go to the gas chambers, I knew that I would cherish and honor them because they were my family and I was loved and honored by them because of their love. She further stated love will always triumph over evil, god made sure of that, that is why we are here, to love each other, even in the midst of hatred and despair.