re: Mandie Landry does something smart for a change

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Because there is one less legal hurdle to worry about

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But about 50 more like paperwork, taxes, licensure, etc. Easier to weed out issues.

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But about 50 more like paperwork, taxes, licensure, etc. Easier to weed out issues.

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Isn't it amazing that when you switch the topic to prostitution, all of a sudden government regulations facilitate business instead of impedes it to so many people who would normally identify as right-wing

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Isn't it amazing that when you switch the topic to prostitution, all of a sudden government regulations facilitate business instead of impedes it to so many people who would normally identify as right-wing

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The regs inhibit business

They just also inhibit trafficking, theoretically and logically at least

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tigergirl10

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What kind of loser is paying for sex with a stranger who has God knows what kind of diseases?

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Walt would.

The problem with your analogy is what you are talking about (your product) is a thing and slow’s is people. I’m not seeing a great sea change of people becoming his product over a simple change in legal designation.

Not all skanks are really itching to become true hoes.

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Isn't it amazing that when you switch the topic to prostitution, all of a sudden government regulations facilitate business instead of impedes it to so many people who would normally identify as right-wing

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I’m pretty sure government regulations are a tad bit less of an impediment than out right banning through legislation.

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The problem with your analogy is what you are talking about (your product) is a thing and slow’s is people. I’m not seeing a great sea change of people becoming his product over a simple change in legal designation.

Not all skanks are really itching to become true hoes.

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my analogy is not in favor of SFP’s point, perhaps I was not clear

by legalizing weed in CA they created opportunities for far more illegal weed to be sold openly

they also caused a shift from gangs selling weed to moving even more hard drugs

there would be more illegal prostitution if prostitution is legalized

i think it's more likely that the shift in black market behavior wouldn't be to increase prostitution. you're not even really arguing that. you're arguing when weed became legal, they shifted into another are entirely (other drugs).

the corollary is that is black market prostitution took a hit, the response would be investment in another arena of the black market, not doubling down on the black market that has a legal counterpart.

and i will just say again, that the black market won't die out. there is still a black market for weed in CA b/c of the regulations/taxes, but it's just not as dangerous of filled with organized crime like it was previously. there will still be backpage girls who aren't licensed and that creates an environment will trafficking will still exist

also let me say one other thing just so that people understand the whole picture. regular prostitution can now be "trafficking" with how they are redefining the laws. the reason the government is doing this is to make actual trafficking perceived as a bigger threat than it actually it by creating more raw numbers. think of it how autism exploded when they expanded the characteristics of the spectrum. ironically, this is because the state/LEO knows it's losing the WOD (due to legalization efforts) and needs a new boogeyman to keep the civil asset forfeiture money rolling.

we just had a discussion on here about this a couple weeks ago when there was a thread on a teen allegedly being sex trafficked and her parents went to Nola (or something) to get her.

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Probably still wants to prosecute the Johns in some manner

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Only the white ones.

They are just looking to tax another industry. Once this happens, they will pass this cost on to their customers. The consumer always pays in the end!