Should prostitution be legal?

[Amanda1982 142]

I say make them carry a license that requires them to get tested once a month or the license is revoked and have a monthly fee on it.. And they should be able to present it on demand like a sanitation grade at a restaurant. Why not, we give out panhandler licenses. Any way I think it should be legal…. But its not just as simple as saying go do it….. I would need to be regulated so that the men/women who do it will be safe and so will their customers. You risk being in danger at any job.

[BJean 16]

I would say make it legal and tax it heavily - our budget will rise really quickly then.

Not only that but we would have some control over the health and safety issues that relate to prostitution.

It isn't as if having it be illegal has stopped it, right? So why spend taxpayer dollars to police the felonious activity and horrible health issues that surround the business of prostitution?

It's a business that is as old as history itself. By making it illegal we believe we have divorced ourselves from having to think about or solve the problems surrounding the people who participate in this activity. But we are only kidding ourselves. It definitely impacts our lives. So it looks like the only chance we have of really controlling it is to make it legal and put some laws in place to control the aspects of it that wind up having an incredibly negative effect on our society.