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Originally Posted by Pholeus
Income tax is taxable income. There is a lot of illegal prostitution that goes on, and none of that is being reported or taxed. Legalizing it will provide more money for the government.
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Sure, but the amounts would be fairly miniscule comparatively. Certainly not enough to compensate for any bailouts, which will cost billions. We're talking a few extra tens of millions here, which is a lot of money to you and me, but not the US government.
Add that to the fact that for your scheme to work, prostitution would have to be legalized in 48 states, and I think that your scheme becomes completely unworkable. In a vacuum, it's a pretty idea, but with real world ramifications, it falls apart instantly.
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Originally Posted by imkeen
I think the biggest issue is that these are not community decisions, these are decisions that face individual's freedoms to sell or buy sex. If there's a health risk associated with it, legalize it, tax it to support the infrastructure, then maybe tax it more to make a profit for the state. You can't say, don't push morality on me, then force no prostitution where I live. You shouldn't have to move to live your life the way you want to, but if things are outlawed selectively, then you find that you do need to move to pursue that.
Odd, since I am not interested in prostitution, and never will be, but I want people to be able to live their life in a reasonable and dignified way. Legalizing it would help that, I'd think. It is still going to happen, its just going to happen out of sight and off the radar.
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But if the majority don't want prositution in their communinity, again, why do YOU get to impose your morals on the majority? If I think that you should go to church, so what? I don't get to impose my morals on you; why is this any different?