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[quote=cpg35223;7056566]Doubtful. If anything, it could be regulated and zoned.
I reside in a suburb btw. Philly and NYC. A tatoo parlor and check cashing business just opened on Main Street. The town fathers implemented regulations and zoning against such businesses, after the establishments moved in. They never considered this would happen beforehand. So at least those two are here to stay.
Funny how on one hand some in this thread are asking "how is this the government's business" (to regulate pros) and on the other hand you expect the government to protect your house values by not allowing (zoning) this type of establishment in your backyard.
If prostitution were legalized I doubt very many more women would get into it as there are now. It's degreading and legalized prostitution has failed to be a money maker where ever it's been. Most the European ones are closed or failing. The Nevada brothels have all had a difficult time staying open and many have closed. The women aren't getting rich. Add to that the STD's (even with protection), the cost, the stigma, the increased drug use... It just doesn't work.
Also, legalizing prostitution is a states rights issue and many states will never legalize it. There's a reason only a few counties in one or two states have legalized it.
If they legalized it, I wonder how many prostitutes would be willing to file as such with the IRS. The stigma won't go away even if the law accepts it. I can't imagine one of these women going to apply for a job once their marketability has run out, and putting that on their resume.
Decriminalizing would be the way to go, IMO, at least for now. That'll at least open up funding for more worthwhile pursuits, like human trafficking and the exploitation of minors. Take care of those who have had their right to consent taken away from them.
Well, how many waiters, housekeepers, valets, and lawn guys report 100% of their earnings with the IRS? If it's a cash business, I can guarantee you that a healthy percentage of the take never gets reported in those fields either.
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If prostitution were legalized I doubt very many more women would get into it as there are now. It's degreading and legalized prostitution has failed to be a money maker where ever it's been. Most the European ones are closed or failing. The Nevada brothels have all had a difficult time staying open and many have closed. The women aren't getting rich. Add to that the STD's (even with protection), the cost, the stigma, the increased drug use... It just doesn't work.
Also, legalizing prostitution is a states rights issue and many states will never legalize it. There's a reason only a few counties in one or two states have legalized it.
Are you an authority on pros? They may be hurting like everyone else but they are making money and there is nothing degrading about them. Have you ever been with one or do you just hate yourself for visiting with them? I have used their service since I was at college and have never contracted a disease from any of them and they are they way I will be going since most women are cheating filthy gold diggers.
If prostitution were legalized I doubt very many more women would get into it as there are now. It's degreading and legalized prostitution has failed to be a money maker where ever it's been. Most the European ones are closed or failing. The Nevada brothels have all had a difficult time staying open and many have closed. The women aren't getting rich. Add to that the STD's (even with protection), the cost, the stigma, the increased drug use... It just doesn't work.
Also, legalizing prostitution is a states rights issue and many states will never legalize it. There's a reason only a few counties in one or two states have legalized it.
Wow that is entirely the opposite of what I had observed.
Now since I am retired, I have not been traveling much lately.
As of 2001 brothels were very much big business in Italy.
One pro was a congressperson in Italy in the mid 1990s.
During the 70's, 80s, 90s, right up to 2k this was a thriving profession in the UK, Greece, and Italy. And I thought Germany [though my travels in Germany were seldom].
Saying that it is not a thriving business in Europe is surprising, did this happen just recently?
From friends in NZ it is still a huge thriving business there as well.
Wow that is entirely the opposite of what I had observed.
Now since I am retired, I have not been traveling much lately.
As of 2001 brothels were very much big business in Italy.
One pro was a congressperson in Italy in the mid 1990s.
During the 70's, 80s, 90s, right up to 2k this was a thriving profession in the UK, Greece, and Italy. And I thought Germany [though my travels in Germany were seldom].
Saying that it is not a thriving business in Europe is surprising, did this happen just recently?
From friends in NZ it is still a huge thriving business there as well.
You certainly have some liberal Kiwi friends....jus sittin' talkin' about the global brothel business
If prostitution were legalized I doubt very many more women would get into it as there are now. It's degreading and legalized prostitution has failed to be a money maker where ever it's been. Most the European ones are closed or failing. The Nevada brothels have all had a difficult time staying open and many have closed. The women aren't getting rich. Add to that the STD's (even with protection), the cost, the stigma, the increased drug use... It just doesn't work.
Also, legalizing prostitution is a states rights issue and many states will never legalize it. There's a reason only a few counties in one or two states have legalized it.
wow, you are more conservative than i first thought. First off, the prostitutes in amsterdam make over a billion US dollars. That is the size of the US porn industry! Yes, many women are making lots of money because prostitution is about a hot girl offering her body to men who'd have no chance with her in real life or men whose wifes have lost their looks. And oddly, enough most prostitutes are not drug addicts like you'd see in the movies. And yes most std's the prostitutes get even with protection on can be CURED. The most common std that is passed around in amsterdam's rld is chylmydia. And that is easily cured. Sorry but prostitution is big business so long as its affordable like in Germany or the Netherlands. And its even big business in spain and italy but the government doesn't track the revenue because its illegal there.
If prostitution were legalized I doubt very many more women would get into it as there are now. It's degreading and legalized prostitution has failed to be a money maker where ever it's been. Most the European ones are closed or failing. The Nevada brothels have all had a difficult time staying open and many have closed. The women aren't getting rich. Add to that the STD's (even with protection), the cost, the stigma, the increased drug use... It just doesn't work.
Also, legalizing prostitution is a states rights issue and many states will never legalize it. There's a reason only a few counties in one or two states have legalized it.
The way the economy is going I bet there will be an increase in women making career changes to become "working girls" I would think it was a recession proof "industry". You know why the Brothels of Nevada are going belly up? It's because people have cut back on Vegas. I hear the hotels have all types of specials to entice people. Besides why work for a brothel when you can work for yourself in more dignified surroundings. I mean who really want's to have to line up infront of grease balls and be "picked". I'm not sure where you are getting your European "brothel news", but they are still thriving, maybe hurting from the economy but all the same still going strong. If anything it's not so much the economy but the saturation of Eastern European criminal owned operations, that's hurtin business for the more traditional brothels.
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