Having some conservative officials in public office throughout the San Fran area power structure and in the state of California would do WONDERS for the economy as well.
It could also bring a more moral class of citizen to San Francisco.
So SF can also legalize pedophilia, bigamy, bestiality, and drug peddling, and reap in massive revenues. [/s]
I WILL NOT spend a dollar in California.
GTH SF.
The only way to boost aneconomy is to become more productive. I don’t think prostitutes constitute any technological leap. They will cut down on the time a lot of guys waste in the clubs, but pornography already serves that purpose well.
>San Francisco values on steroids.
Don’t worry, if they defeat Proposition 8, it’ll be gay prostitution too!
nothing like a good run on antibiotics to spur the economy.
My big problem with legalized prostitution is the major health maintenance costs. The testing and medical help for sexually-transmitted diseases (STD’s) are going to be exorbitant, just as the legal brothel operators in Nevada have found out.
Not to pick at nits here, but taxing something does not boost the economy. Taxing something only boosts government spending, at the cost of removing money and depressing the economy, whether the commodity taxed is prostitutes, cigarettes or baby blankets.
If San Francisco really wants to boost the economy, rather than boosting the government coffers, it should legalize prostitution and declare that it is tax-free. That way they can save on the enforcement costs and still not take the money out of the hands of the prostitutes who are going to turn around and spend it.
It is a trivial example, but it demonstrates how Liberals just do not understand the difference between government spending and the economy, and that what is good for the government is not necessarily good for us.
And, BTW, if San Francisco is spending $11,000,000 a year on enforcement of prostitution laws, they are not getting much value for their money. There are more prostitutes, operating out in the open, in San Francisco than just about anywhere in the US outside of certain counties in Nevada.
[Legalized Prostitution Could Help San Fran Economy]
But - hey, I thought all those illegals HELPED the economy!
Jobs that ‘we’ wouldn’t do??
They have become a corrupt third world country out there.
Surprise, Surprise Johns!
You’re going to have to take that prostitute even if “she” turns out to be a “he”, otherwise you will be charged with discrimination!
Good luck!
maybe they should try cutting taxes first if they were that desperate, ya think?
“CNN: Legalized Prostitution Could Help San Fran Economy”
Just CNN staffers looking for a job that will help them get back their self respect.
Not much a step to take from legalizing it in the socialist paradise to requiring those without to get work in the oldest profession.
So they turn a blind eye to the crime of prostitution but you watch how they deal with the crime of tax evasion. You betcha they’re willing to draw a line there and throw the book at someone!
Well it will cause the doctors to stay busy with STD patients, that is for sure!
Oh yes.
Legalize mafia hits, and we could tax that income.
Legalize kidnapping, and we could get a percentage of the ransom.
Legalize shoplifting and bank robberies, and we could get a piece of that pie, too.
Of course we all know how much money we’d make if drugs were legal and we got our percentage on all those sales.
Why, we’d be richer than Solomon.