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Fifty percent. Just saying it out loud makes your eyebrows climb a little. Half of someone’s income — gone in the name of morality, politics, and a campaign soundbite. That’s the idea a Florida gubernatorial candidate tossed into the air this week, announcing plans to slap a 50 percent “sin” tax on OnlyFans creators if he wins in November.
James Fishback, an investor and a member of a far-right wing of the Republican Party, floated the proposal during an interview on a right-wing podcast called NXR Studios, released earlier this week. It wasn’t exactly whispered. It landed with the kind of confidence that suggests he wanted people arguing about it before the episode even finished buffering.
During the interview, Fishback framed the tax as punishment for what he called the “sin” of being an online sex worker, arguing that content creators on OnlyFans should be paying a special levy for existing in that space.
“As Florida governor, in year one, I would push for the first-of-its-kind OnlyFans sin tax,” Fishback said during the interview. “If you are a so-called OnlyFans creator in Florida, you are going to pay 50 percent to the state on whatever you so-called earn via that online degeneracy platform.”
He went on to say that part of the revenue from the proposed tax would be used to fund a “czar” for men’s mental health. Fishback explained, “Men have been told for far too long that they are guilty of masculinity, that they are guilty of all of society’s ills.” It’s one of those lines that sounds designed to travel fast on social media, whether people cheer or cringe.
Additional funds, he said, would also support education and religious nonprofit “crisis pregnancy centers” that aim to discourage women from having abortions. The list of beneficiaries reads like a snapshot of his political priorities.
In what felt very much like a social media provocation, Fishback later posted about the proposal on X, reposting another user who highlighted the idea of an OnlyFans tax. He didn’t stop there.
He tagged popular Miami-based OnlyFans creator Sophie Rain and wrote, “Hey Sophie Rain, Pay up or quit OnlyFans. As Florida Governor, I will not allow a generation of smart and capable young women to sell their bodies online.” Rain, known for her viral presence and softcore content, fired back shortly after.
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