Legalizing Prostitution.

[Crystallas]

How many parents have kids, but do not raise them(or raise them honorably?) I think thats the problem your after PP, not the goverment.

Teachers aren't parents, and the goverment is not responsible for raising children. If parents raise their kids with dignity and spend more time with them, than infront of their computers, the problem becomes a rare instance.

Back on topic. Lets say the national population is roughly 300 million. 1 million of those are prositutes. If they all owe about $5000 a year avg in taxes. Thats 5 billion dollars that the goverment is losing due to tax evasion. We could easily overspend some of that revenue to create ..lets say $1bin a year to setup a department of adult activity investigation. Poof, thats atleast 5,000 jobs(that chain react to another # of jobs.) Leaving a lot of $ to be spent on other needs. The best part being that this is all domestic revenue.
If the goverment wanted to make a manditory class in school teaching high school students on how to be responsible parents, bam, theres the money to do it.

This is one of the single best ways to ballance the poverty level in this country in one single law change. If anything, I see the upper class being against this because of the small threat to their own value. But as we all know, the upper class can lobby laws in their favor with the best of them.

The more I think about this, the more that Im sold on the idea of constructing a set of laws to make this happen.

[sweeps]

The tax revenue angle is an interesting one, but honestly, I don't envision too many prostitutes keeping detailed business records and filing a schedule C.

I wonder if they'd be able to claim depreciation on their assets?

[Thrifty Ray]

Originally Posted by Sweepsplayer

The tax revenue angle is an interesting one, but honestly, I don't envision too many prostitutes keeping detailed business records and filing a schedule C.

I wonder if they'd be able to claim depreciation on their assets?

and just think about the new list of deductibles...ok, maybe not.

[Crystallas]

They wouldnt have to keep records. Thier employer would.

[laceshawl]

In New Zealand we have recently decriminalized prostitution. It doesn't seem to have had much effect one way or another. There was a lot of objection by various groups but they were told the alternative was to change the law to make it illegal for men to pay women for sex. (only women could be charged with prostitution, not men) Somehow the males objecting kept quiet after that. There were some interviews with prostitutes in the media, and they confirmed many of their clients were "respectable" men, often church goers. Changing the law meant doing away with the hypocrisy.

[Crystallas]

So part of you is saying that those who seek services will be easier to label. Which includes important members of the community, businesses and goverment. I see how this would sway lawmakers to vote against it if this were the case. At the same time this is a good thing because it helps people decide more wisely to their own points of view to whom they should support and vote for.
Very good point. I didnt think of that angle.

[Broken Arrow]

Originally Posted by Sweepsplayer

I wonder if they'd be able to claim depreciation on their assets?

*Drum Roll* Ooh, that was bad, sweeps!