Those whacky Danes!

[giza]

From Oddly Enough:

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - 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.

Cryos receives between 30-60 donors a day at its three branches and each year Danish men contribute to around 1,000 pregnancies around the world.

Comments

[tailen.livejournal.com]

500 DKK a pop? o.O
Which way to the bank!?

[plonq.livejournal.com]

Sounds like they're trying to pull a fast one.

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

How come my High School guidance counsellor never mentioned that sort of job? I could have retired by now.

[wolffit.livejournal.com]

Giza, I'm so conditioned to reading spam-related messages in your LJ, that I read this as "the world's largest spam bank".

[giza.livejournal.com]

Nah, that would be Boca Raton, Florida (http://www.spamfo.co.uk/component/option,com_content/task,view/id,329/Itemid,2/).

[darthgeek.livejournal.com]

The only time I've considered donating sperm or platelets, I've needed the money. Not because I wanted to do something out of the goodness of my heart. *shrug*

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

You know what? What I said was pissy. I'm sorry. I'll delete it.

Maybe I'm just pissy because I was rejected by the sperm bank. Really! It's my vision, which is beyond 20/600. They were happy to hear that I had Jewish sperm, though.

[darthgeek.livejournal.com]

I've never gotten as far as actually seeing if I was eligible. I'm eligible to donate blood, so, I assume that I could donate platelets. As far as sperm, I've got a pretty good track record with fathering children ;)

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

No-one wants my blood either -- I'm openly bisexual.

How about spit? Can I donate spit?

[doco.livejournal.com]

So I guess that is quite a backlash to your emigration plans, eh? ;)