Prostitution

By Jeff Clauser, December 17, 2012 at 11:32 pm

Do you believe that private business transactions between two consenting adults should be legal? If so, you should be for the legalization of prostitution.

Before I proceed, no one, including myself, is advocating that all prostitution be legal. No one wants 15 year old girls on the street servicing old men from the suburbs in their SUV's. No, what makes sense is legalized, regulated and taxed prostitution businesses. I know conservative, puritanical people are adamantly against this but why? Think outside the box for a moment. Prostitution is the oldest form of employment and is not going away. Keeping it illegal will not make it disappear. It just forces it into the shadows and creates an underground criminal economy (sort of like making abortion illegal). Recall the prohibition of alcohol? How did that work out? Ever heard of Al Capone and Bugs Moran? How many people died and how much tax money was wasted enforcing the anti-liberty 18th Amendment? Thanks for nothing Mr Hoover.

Legalizing, regulating and taxing prostitution makes realistic, logical sense. It would get most women off the streets which everyone would agree is a good thing. Proper regulation would ensure the women (or men, be that as it may) were required to use condoms and have monthly STD tests to ensure safety. And of course the profits would be taxed thus increasing local revenue to be used for streets, sanitation, schools of whatever else the citizens decide is appropriate. Like legalizing marijuana, it is another win-win situation. There are no down sides. Did I mention how police would not have to waste their time and tax payer money arresting people for engaging in this private, adult business transaction? They could use this new found time to stop real crimes that actually hurt people. Again, there is no down side here. Reference the following link re alcohol prohibition...http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa157.pdf....and think about how it relates to the prohibition of prostitution.

If you are a pro-business republican you should be all for this. If you are not, you are once again illustrating your conservative hypocrisy. You can't have it both ways.

Legalize. Regulate. Tax.

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    Born in Charlotte NC, raised in Atlanta Ga and attended college at Auburn University in Alabama where I earned a bachelors degree in political science and public administration. I had planned to attend law school after graduation but after four years of undergrad work the thought of getting right back into a classroom held little interest for me. Instead I spent several years in a variety of positions in customer service, retail and the financial industry. Eventually I ended up in aviation, specifically as a pilot, earning the ratings of instructor, commercial and Airline Transport Pilot. With that came jobs flying single engine trainers, light multi-engine aircraft, turbo-props, regional jets and my current job at the helm of an MD-83. Besides the aforementioned cities I have also resided in Houston, Dallas, Boston, Miami/Ft Lauderdale, Orlando, Cincinnati and now the City of Chicago. I've traveled extensively, having been in every major American city at least a dozen times and also many international destinations. While I enjoy flying jet airplanes I've realized over the years that my true love is government. I read voraciously every day, various newspapers, periodicals and non-fiction publications. Some of my favorite authors are great thinkers like Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Friedman, Deepak Chopra, Fareed Zakaria, Dr Sanjay Gupta, Christopher Hitchens, Steven Levitt and of course the geniuses Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking. I have a great admiration for intelligence, educational achievement and a thorough knowledge of the world and its peoples. Finally, I must also admit spending a significant amount of time listening to talk radio and TV, both liberal and conservative. Unfortunately most of it is juvenile and misrepresents reality but listening to it keeps me informed of what the average Joe on the street is thinking. In summary, I love studying and debating politics. My education, both formal and informal, combined with extensive travel and exposure to various cultures and people, gives me significant knowledge and experience on which to base my opinions and arguments. My goal with this blog is to engage with other rationale and reasonable thinkers who love our country and wish to see it move forward via logical public policy initiatives.

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