Yet Another Abortion Argument

[Belsnickel]

(09-15-2016, 08:18 PM)THE Bigzoman Wrote: I don't think pimps would register or report their traficking rings to the government if prostitution were legalized. 


I support legalized prostitution, but more on the grounds that the government shouldn't insert itself in anything and everything that gives enjoyment and decent living standards.

Legalization advocates just need to keep in mind that regulations and laws raise production costs, which makes the black markets more likely to compete with legal markets by offering a lower price.

Just don't let politictians go wild with their paternalism and dollar sign eyes and the black market will fade.

seems you might not understand the economics behind making something like prostitution legal. Prostitution exists simply because there is demand for it. Right now the supply is illegal. When they only way to meet demand is illegal activity it attracts people already doing illegal things to get involved, this is where the pimps and trafficking comes into play. Now, pimps that traffic will likely continue to be a problem for some time, but when police can focus on that rather than all prostitution, it allows a freeing of resources. They would also lose business because if someone has two choices, one legal, one illegal, but the same otherwise, people will more often than not take the legal option even if price is a little higher because of the risk factor.

Pimps that don't traffic exist for protection. Protection from johns since they can't go to the law, and from the law itself. With the status of prostitution as a legal industry, they would be able to go to the police if something were to happen. This would actually offset any of your potential increase in production costs as it cuts out someone else that is taking a cut of the revenue and replaces it with taxes and licensing.