Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agoWhy is the world's "oldest profession" still illegal ? Instead of being better managed?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down111
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the world's "oldest profession" still illegal ? Instead of being better managed?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down7·8 days agoBecause it’s difficult to tax. Almost every single way of making money that does not harm anyone that is illegal is only illegal because the government can’t reliably take shit from it. It also is mysogyny in this case. The vast majority of sex workers are women.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 days ago Because it’s difficult to tax. No it isn’t. License sex workers, tax them. It’s not different that how we tax hairdressers.
minus-squareBjörn@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·8 days agoFriend of mine was a prostitute. She loved that she could get a tax deduction for buying underwear. You can definitely tax prostitution and many countries do so.
minus-squareSirLeToet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·8 days agoThe Dutch managed to tax it just fine. It has the same tax reliability issues any cash payment has.
Because it’s difficult to tax.
Almost every single way of making money that does not harm anyone that is illegal is only illegal because the government can’t reliably take shit from it.
It also is mysogyny in this case. The vast majority of sex workers are women.
No it isn’t. License sex workers, tax them. It’s not different that how we tax hairdressers.
Friend of mine was a prostitute. She loved that she could get a tax deduction for buying underwear.
You can definitely tax prostitution and many countries do so.
The Dutch managed to tax it just fine. It has the same tax reliability issues any cash payment has.