Chris Paul: 'Don't Take Away Our Prostitutes'

Source:Chris Paul- correct me if I'm wrong: but doesn't coming out against legalization of prostitution, in your own state where it's already legal, the political version of shooting yourself in the foot? Which is what Harry Reid is doing here, especially representing a state that has one of the highest rates of unemployment and poverty in it.

"Sen Harry Reid says that Nevada should end it's business of legalized prostitution.

I say NO!" 

From Chris Paul

I'm not saying prostitution is a good thing and that I'm suggesting that guys should go out and get prostitutes. Or dump their wives or girlfriends or cheat on them. But there are a lot of things that I wouldn't do and I wouldn't suggest that other people should do as well. My point is just I personally don't like a particular activity, food, drink, etc, doesn't mean I think people who disagree with me on that and go the other way, should be sent to jail for it, especially if I have to pay for their time in jail with my tax dollars. 

But if someone rapes, murders, assaults, robs, etc, sure, I'm in favor of putting those folks in jails. Which is what criminal justice is about: protecting the innocent from predators. Not trying to protect people from themselves and treating people you disagree with like idiots or children who can barely take two steps without tripping over themselves. 

I don't smoke anything, I don't drink alcohol, I don't gamble (not even state lottery which is a form legalize gambling) I don't hook up with prostitutes. (Pun intended) I'm not attractive to women that look like prostitutes. Doesn't mean I believe that any of these activities should be illegal, that people should go to jail and have a criminal record even for what they do to themselves. 

I believe it's dumber to arrest people who aren't a threat to anyone and who don't hurt anyone, then to legalize these activities. Doesn't mean these activities shouldn't be regulated either. 

We regulate everything else in the economy thats legal, whether it's healthy for us or not and for good reason, to protect and prevent the abuse of others on to innocent people. Thats what regulation is for. And when our economy is doing well, like in the 1980s and 1990s we regulate. Regulation is just simply a lot more effective and efficient and cost-effective measure in preventing people from abusing others. 

Regulate how people interact with each other, rather than try to control how people live their own lives. And you'll have more influence in controlling those activities. Because they are going to go on anyway, prostitution being a perfect example of that. 

Prostitution is not called: "The Oldest Profession in the World" because someone on Madison Avenue or in Hollywood finally came up with a great tag line. They've earned that title and worked hard to keep it as well. Big Government so-called Progressives (nanny-statists, in reality) should be big fans of decriminalizing prostitution, which just means legalizing prostitution. But then regulating it, something that the State of Nevada has been more more progressive on than most of the rest of the country, if not the entire country, because that what they've been doing. At least as long as Las Vegas and Reno have been major casino markets. 

So-called Progressives (nanny-statists, in actuality) should be big fans of decriminalizing prostitution because of the money in it would generate in tax revenue for all of their social insurance programs and their ideas for more public services. Especially in this age of austerity where the Federal, state and local government's are all cutting back their public services. 

Taxing and regulating prostitution would generate a lot more tax revenue for leftists to run their programs. As well as decriminalizing gambling and marijuana as well.

Liberals and Libertarians of course like this idea, because the see it as a freedom of choice issue individual liberty. decriminalizing prostitution would be fairly simple, because prostitutes and pimps (for lack of a better term) rather than be regulated and pay taxes then go to jail. That is the people who are in it to make a living and are not criminals. And the people who are the professionals, would continue doing their thing. 

The criminals would go to jail but for tax invasion and prostituting without a license, sponsoring a minor, that sort of thing and you could get the irresponsible people out of the business. And collect taxes and cut down on your prison populations. All good reasons why regulation beats prohibition.