Prostitutes makes Craigslist $36 Million

Just legalize, regulate, and tax prostitution and:

1) Pimps put out of business
2) Street violence drop
3) STD's drop
4) State coffers will runneth over and taxes drop

Worked just fine for Mexico...

Decriminalizing maybe but legalizing and regulating the world's oldest profession won't change much of anything. Most women will still simply choose to work illegally and "off the books" as it will be easier and they are already doing it anyway. This is what goes on in Nevada as the legal brothels are just not an appealing place to work for most escorts.

If you want to get rid of pimps,street violence and STD's you have to go after street walkers, not the vast majority of ladies who work indoors, by appointment and practice safe sex.

I agree with Dudester. It is time our society grew up and accepted the world's oldest profession. IMO its status should be equal to religion, law, and medicine. Instead our government wants to subsidize banksters and their minions.

Another vote for legalization of brothels. As one person put it "Fucking is legal, selling stuff is legal; so why shouldn't selling fucking be legal."

Far better than the mexican system is the canadian system. In Canada operating a bawdy house (brothel) is illegal but being a private independent call girl is legal. Street walkers are much less common than in US cities and health/crime issues are much easier addressed.

"Most women will still simply choose to work illegally and 'off the books' as it will be easier and they are already doing it anyway. This is what goes on in Nevada"

Really?? This this is the first time that I've ever heard that. Prostitution isn't legal all across NV, so what goes on in the parts of the state where it isn't legal doesn't count IMO.

"If you want to get rid of pimps,street violence and STD's you have to go after street walkers, not the vast majority of ladies who work indoors, by appointment and practice safe sex."

They actually kind of tried that in RI for almost three decades, but it didn't completely eradicate street walkers or pimps per se.
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"In Canada operating a bawdy house (brothel) is illegal"

True, but many of the off-Montreal-island FS strip clubs are basically brothels by another name, and they are tolerated by the officials up there. Pimping is also technically illegal in Canada, as is solicitation in public places, but, again, it is mostly tolerated across much of Canada.

"Street walkers are much less common than in US cities"

I wouldn't say that at all. Street walkers & pimps operate out in the open (mostly at night) in certain sections of Montreal all the time.