Literally. Not a prostitution example but in general I remember when Colorado first legalized marijuana the revenue that it brought in was INSANE. And what'd they do with it? Invest it into their schools, how can that ever be a bad thing???? Here in Florida the powerball gives money back to state education, why can't we just allow more options for that potential revenue (because holy crap the education system in Florida is literal garbage)
Legalizing prostitution will absolutely NOT reduce human trafficking. I have no idea why anybody thinks that if you magically legalize it then it will all of a sudden switch to a professional career instead of a few people exploiting women's bodies for money, except paying taxes on it.
Every single country with legal prostitution has a significantly higher rate of human trafficking.
Prostitution is not a victimless crime. The perception that there are all these individual sex workers working for themselves is simply not the reality. The vast, vast majority are trafficking victims who receive no money or benefit from their forced work.
When legalized, organized crime becomes legit companies but the base level approach doesn't change and the women are still trapped.
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u/mmmmmmort Mar 01 '23
Literally. Not a prostitution example but in general I remember when Colorado first legalized marijuana the revenue that it brought in was INSANE. And what'd they do with it? Invest it into their schools, how can that ever be a bad thing???? Here in Florida the powerball gives money back to state education, why can't we just allow more options for that potential revenue (because holy crap the education system in Florida is literal garbage)