"The first part is right. The second one is arguable. The third is incorrect."
OK. You believe that taxation is wrong. Fine. What I meant, and didn't fully explain, is that the income from prostitution should be taxed in the same way any other income is taxed.
If, by some miracle, we find another taxation method than taxing income, then that would apply as well.
As for the regulation issue, monitoring prostitutes for STDs seems a basic public health issue, worthy of regulatory interest, just as we inspect restaurants.
Ick,,that's a bad image.
BTW, government inspection of restaurants is probably one of the worst ways to insure safety of the food. Rife with corruption and incompetence, people still get sick regularly.
A private sector solution would do a far better, if not perfect, job of it. Government will not allow competition in this regard. (as in so many others)