Should prostitution be LEGAL in the USA?

Question

And tax it like any other job? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Yes. Leave consenting adults alone. Taxable "job" if you will.

heh heh

Answer 2

Well, I seem to recall as a kid that it was legal in Nevada and in Atlantic City, NJ. That information might be out of date at this point.

Regardless, my feeling is that there is no reason why prostitution should be illegal in this country. It's nothing more than a service industry. How is providing a customer with an orgasm any different from providing a customer with a massage or chiropractic adjustment?

Having said that, legalization of prostitution is a long way away because of its opponents. When you think about it, this is probably the one issue which could unite the feminist movement, the religious right, and organized labor, all of whom would be against it for different reasons.

Answer 3

Yes prostitution should be legalized because either way people are going to pay for it. By making it legal we can ensure that diseases are not being spread and that these women are being treated fairly and are not in any danger. It is not my business if two consenting adults have sex nor is it my business if one of them takes money for it. There are more important things to worry about than prostitution and right now our tax money is being spent on repeat offenders being put in and out of jail, some of them on a weekly basis. I feel my tax dollars could be spent in better ways. Regarding the "futurless positions" comment, many proffessional working girls make a great living, some of them bring in close to $10,000 a week. We would be opening up great paying jobs to people who are consenting and keeping them from making less money doing it on the street at our public parks.

Answer 4

Yes, legalize it. And I suppose it would have to be taxed and regulated, too.

Get it out in the open and let the customers decide based on free competition in the marketplace, just like any other commodity. There are already ways for reputations, good and bad, to be spread on a wide scale so there aren't many secrets.

Personally, if I did go see a Lady, she would be clean and drug and disease free. If she isn't, then we can't make a deal. Simple.

Answer 5

You might have noticed that the woman who accused the Duke LaCrosse team, was ACTUALLY HIRED for a party and NO ONE was penalized for being a John or a Hooker, right?

Truth is, half the phone book in NYC (and many ther cities) has "escort services" listed.. and what do you think that means? (hint, a "croissant" is still a crescent roll.) ..The Village Voice has to do well with 'no class' classifieds, and where would Craiglist be without its Erotic Services.. Las Vegas is BUILT on prostitution/ummm, sorry, escorts and dancers. And they don't call it Sin City for nothing (of course, people will take families now, and have legitimized a City that's in existence for its underside economy.. wink wink).

Getting back to your answer -- "no" in a word. Selling a body should absolutely NOT be a career choice for single-mothers in today's society especially -- where AIDs and drug abuse is so prevalent. I'll make a deal with you, cure AIDs and stop heroin abuse, and needle usage, apply a fool-proof method of birth control (or neuter the hookers) as to NOT make children be born to/endure these circumstances (!!!!) .. and THEN you can ask your question, again.

Answer 6

Yes, it should be legal; and Yes, it can be / should be taxed like any other service job.

Making prostitution legal will make it safer, cheaper, available (thus reducing the 'forbidden fruit' excitement), will increase tax revenue, and hey ... it may even increase tourism to US which is dwindling down due to draconian immigration laws.

Answer 7

Yes, and it should be monitored by making it mandetory for the prostitutes to have HIV testing every month like they do in the Netherlands. It works there. Making it clean and safe would be logical and it would acknowledge that it isn't going away. And, women actually make aliving doing it so they aren't dependent on welfare. And, yes, tax it. Not only would the country get taxes from it but it draws in alot of tourism. Have you ever been to the Red Light district in Amsterdam? DAMN! that place is so crowded with tourists it's an incredible revenue source. I saw a busload of Japanese tourist men unloading in the district.... Yes, pun intended but it's a true story nonetheless.

Answer 8

Yes it should and have a retirement plan and a union. Bi-annual health checkups. Now wouldn't this be a lucrative business to get into. Remember I don't believe morality should be legislated. What a person does is between them and their God. If legal then there could be an age limit and possibly save young girls and boys from what could be a mistake.

Answer 9

Yes - I see no problem with it - and the right has yet to make a rational case why it shouldn't be. Give us the facts folks - or butt out of others private lives.

It's "always" been that way isn't an argument.

Answer 10

legalize it? maybe...but how is it going to be enforced for tax dollars? you think their clients are going to "buy" a 1099 for the prostitutes?
The way I see it, there are already too many in this country that don't pay any taxes....such as the freelancers that work under the table...then they don't even bother filing all earnings on their 1099s, if they bother to get one...HA!

Answer 11

Yes. Regulate it. Tax it. It used to be legal and there weren't that many problems with it. Set up a red light district in every city and let it be.