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    Default Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    Just wondering what ya'll think about it. (Not saying that anyone on here would ever do anything like that, of course)
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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    It's legalized here. They pay taxes, have worker's rights, control the prices... it's pretty freaking economic.

    Plus my hookerfriend has the coolest fridge ever. Yes, I'm back on that.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    It's legalized here. They pay taxes, have worker's rights, control the prices... it's pretty freaking economic.

    Plus my hookerfriend has the coolest fridge ever. Yes, I'm back on that.
    What sort of working conditions are there? Are they mostly native born or immigrant? Drug users or sober and paying bills? Well-paid or poorly compensated?

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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    Um, they're people so they're all different? You need a license so you need to at least be a resident legally in the country. My friend, specifically, is going to school for law while being a burlesque dancer who only does a little bit of drugs maybe once a month to stay awake through a shift and that's it.

    The working conditions are fabulous. Either you're signed on to do incall/outcall legally with a secretary and everything or you work in a brothel. The brothels are classy and have leather couches and fluffy beds.

    They get paid about $300 an hour in the brothels. About $400 an hour outside. Not a lot of pay, but they get a lot of clients, so tend to be booked out.

    Hookers make more than me at the end of the week, but I make more hourly.


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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    it's not legal in all of australia.

    for that matter, it is legal or decriminalised in parts of america.

    this is a silly question to ask a forum of people who are mostly, but not exclusively american.

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    Quote Originally Posted by miabella View Post
    it's not legal in all of australia.

    for that matter, it is legal or decriminalised in parts of america.

    this is a silly question to ask a forum of people who are mostly, but not exclusively american.

    I'm asking what the law should be, not what it is. Whether murder, for example, should be legal or makes economic sense doesn't really depend on where you live or what the law is where you live. It's an opinion question.

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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    In a 12 trillion or whatever the size of the US economy is I doubt prostitution would make much of a difference. I kind of like other industrialized country's approach. They've given up and instead try to reduce the harm.

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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    I honestly don't know whether it should be legalized or decriminalized. I'm in favour of whatever regime will recognize prostitution as a legitimate and socially acceptable activity between consenting adults.

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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    Does divorce make economic sense?

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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    what kind of fridge?

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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    Economically, no it doesn't make sense to legalize prostitution. The money they get from fines and arrests is considerably more than they would get with taxes.

    That's just an educated guess though. I can't cite any facts.

    I think prostitution should be legal.... but I'm a feminist (No, feminist here does not mean a man-hating bitch, like the word now suddenly implies... just the crazy notion that women are people!)and I think that a woman should be allowed to do whatever she wants with her body including selling sex. If it were legal, it'd be a shitload safer for the girls involved too.

    But we live in a society that stemmed from the Puritans a people so uptight that the British told them to get the fuck out. (According to Robin Williams )

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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    A couple of years ago I did an organised tour of the Amsterdam red light district. No - not in a pervy way. It was very interesting.

    The area has been where it is for over 700 years now - and has been legal there almost all that time. The girls have shifts, pay taxes, are members of a union and pay rents in their window - or whatever it was called. It all seemed very organised, very safe for both client and worker and very sensible.

    I'm not going to try and comment on the morals or political aspects of it - but it did seem to be quite logical and effective.

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    what kind of fridge?
    A curved top baby pink fridge with a Cadillac logo on it!


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    Quote Originally Posted by TheTempest View Post
    Economically, no it doesn't make sense to legalize prostitution. The money they get from fines and arrests is considerably more than they would get with taxes.

    That's just an educated guess though. I can't cite any facts.

    I think prostitution should be legal.... but I'm a feminist (No, feminist here does not mean a man-hating bitch, like the word now suddenly implies... just the crazy notion that women are people!)and I think that a woman should be allowed to do whatever she wants with her body including selling sex. If it were legal, it'd be a shitload safer for the girls involved too.

    But we live in a society that stemmed from the Puritans a people so uptight that the British told them to get the fuck out. (According to Robin Williams )
    But the cops cost money and the busts cost money and the fines? Not so much really.

    It's definitely more economical to tax the shit out of the hooker, the brothel, the property as a business... you can fucking tax everything. You can make them (the best you can) keep track of the numbers and get some pretty decent ($200,000 per year?) from each and every brothel out there. Not counting the hookers!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    But the cops cost money and the busts cost money and the fines? Not so much really.

    It's definitely more economical to tax the shit out of the hooker, the brothel, the property as a business... you can fucking tax everything. You can make them (the best you can) keep track of the numbers and get some pretty decent ($200,000 per year?) from each and every brothel out there. Not counting the hookers!
    Good point. However, I doubt the U.S. could ever be so liberal to legalize prostitution federally. That's why the states have rights, I suppose. But that would probably not go over well anyway. Maybe the taboo makes it popular.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    But the cops cost money and the busts cost money and the fines? Not so much really.

    It's definitely more economical to tax the shit out of the hooker, the brothel, the property as a business... you can fucking tax everything. You can make them (the best you can) keep track of the numbers and get some pretty decent ($200,000 per year?) from each and every brothel out there. Not counting the hookers!
    Cops cost a lot of money. And they're a pretty shitty source of prostitution busts. A recent economic analysis of Chicago street prostitution found a couple of interesting things: Cops were far more likely to get an extorted "freebie" out of a hooker than arrest one. Also, hookers with pimps did better than those without.

    http://economics.uchicago.edu/pdf/Prostitution%205.pdf

    The question, as far as I see it up, lines up like this:
    Is the "damage" done by prostitution greater than the benefit plus the cost of enforcement? I don't think so, but, I guess that depends on how much "damage" is being done by street prostitution.

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    Yeah... America is too pseudo-Christian using it's 'morals' to swing a vote. Which is ironic, considering how America was founded. FREEDOM OF RELIGION...only..make sure it's just my religion. Nobody elses. FREEDOM FOR ME. JUST ME.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackstone View Post
    Cops cost a lot of money. And they're a pretty shitty source of prostitution busts. A recent economic analysis of Chicago street prostitution found a couple of interesting things: Cops were far more likely to get an extorted "freebie" out of a hooker than arrest one. Also, hookers with pimps did better than those without.

    http://economics.uchicago.edu/pdf/Prostitution%205.pdf

    The question, as far as I see it up, lines up like this:
    Is the "damage" done by prostitution greater than the benefit plus the cost of enforcement? I don't think so, but, I guess that depends on how much "damage" is being done by street prostitution.
    So you were agreeing with me? 'cause that was my point.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    Yeah... America is too pseudo-Christian using it's 'morals' to swing a vote. Which is ironic, considering how America was founded. FREEDOM OF RELIGION...only..make sure it's just my religion. Nobody elses. FREEDOM FOR ME. JUST ME.
    Exactly. You're free to come here, as long as you're white, male, own land and are a Christian. Or at least, that was the beginning of this country.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    So you were agreeing with me? 'cause that was my point.
    I don't really understand why prostitution should be taxed more than any other business venture?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    It's legalized here. They pay taxes, have worker's rights, control the prices... it's pretty freaking economic.

    Plus my hookerfriend has the coolest fridge ever. Yes, I'm back on that.
    I must see a photo of this magical fridge.

    Oh, its economically sound, but the people in control here don't want it legalized so they can continue to deny their use of their services and maintain their bullshit fairytale existence.

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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    Legalize it but don't regulate or tax it. That's my position on things that are between consenting adults.

    We frown when stick up kids rob hookers, why let the state do it?

    For every cop that is on a vice squad busting hookers, there is one less cop patrolling for violent crime.

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    Default Re: Does it make economic sense for prostitution to be legalized?

    I don't really understand why prostitution should be taxed more than any other business venture?
    In theory it shouldn't. In practice, it is an easy target for a 'sin tax' ... which would be very salable to voters on the same basis as alcohol / tobacco taxes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackstone View Post
    I don't really understand why prostitution should be taxed more than any other business venture?
    Did I say 'more'? All the taxes I pointed out are legal and fair taxing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sh0t View Post
    Legalize it but don't regulate or tax it. That's my position on things that are between consenting adults.

    We frown when stick up kids rob hookers, why let the state do it?

    For every cop that is on a vice squad busting hookers, there is one less cop patrolling for violent crime.
    That's not how... working...works.


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