Good Morning Everyone,  
   Last night between 10:30 pm & 11 pm.......I spoke to a older female about Legalizing  Prostitution. Her & I both said that they should and treat Prostitution as a regular job (Paying taxes & Etc). What do y'all think ?!! Is it a great idea?!!

but more or less done that way in most of the free world.

CAPITALISM

Prostitution is one of the oldest professions. Why not legalize it?

A hobbyist does not want to have to be giving out 1099 statements for each provider they see.

I would much rather see it decriminalized than legalized. With legalization comes numerous government rules, regulations and hoops to jump through. What I would prefer is for law enforcement to look the other way, for lack of a better term. Get vice out of the consensual sex business altogether.
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Now I am not talking about under age activity, trafficking/forced sex work etc as all of that needs to be eradicated. I also don't think it should be on the streets, in front of children. With today's technology, everything can be done by phone/computer and meets ups should take place in hotels and residences and not on the streets.
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We also need a system that would allow women to freely come forward to LE without fear of reprisal to report crimes against SWs. That is vital.  
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Btw, many women pay taxes now so we don't need legalization for that either. Imo, legalization would lead to many government intrusions that aren't currently in place. I think the sentiment is a good one, but the implementation of legalization carries so many potential unforeseeable downsides as for it to be untenable. Decrim is the way to go, imho.

it won't be legalized for quite some time.

Personally, I have many reasons why I believe it should be legal. On the flip side, I am not sure as a country we are ready for it. As we have seen in recent elections, we are very split between conservative values and liberal ones. You can be fairly sure that most conservatives would not be for it. And, even some liberals would not. I would say less than half of the country would be. And, if this some how was allowed, conservatives we call it some far left liveral woke move. It would become a focal point of the conservative political campaign, and it may sway the independents enough to push out liveral leadship.

Excellent response Robert, I agree on all of the points you made. With decriminalization clients can also come forward if they are scammed or robbed as well. Our legal system/small claims court system should be available for these types of disputes.  
I personally would not be opposed to voluntary registration/licensing as I think it would be helpful to weed out the scammers. But with that being said I would never support any required licensing or registration.  
100% full decriminalization of all adult consensual sex work.

Maybe but then I don't give out 1099 to any other businesses I've paid money to. Perhaps things have changed recently but a quick google seems to indicate personal expenditures do not require the person to then start issuing 1099s

*IF* the US goes to legalization you would only have to issue a 1099 form if the payment was more than $600. And that of course would also only be if you paid with a credit card or check or some other form of payment that can be traced.  
(This would be the 1099-MISC form in case you were wondering)

and certain organizations are exempt. This is only relevant if you are using your business funds for "consulting" expenses.

So I can stop giving my barber a 1099 each year? Great! Less paperwork for me!

pretty sure there was a specific imposter exemption so I think you are still on the hook.

Yea but the word "FREE" means that we can do the LEGAL shit if we choose to do it.

Personally my concern would be that the legalization model may resemble what is currently in place in NV counties where prostitution is legal within the scope of the existing laws.  

Yes, girls need to be registered but there are no actual brothels. There are hotels where the girls and their clients congregate.
No live-in shifts
No long days
No high prices. The going rate is around $120-$150/hr.

Certainly not saying the NV brothel model is the only way, rather that I’d be worried it would be the one the US would choose to adopt.  

In Jaco the girls gather at the pool bar of the Cocal, a nice hotel/casino right on the beach. If you're staying there you cut your deal and take her right to your room. If you've got a room at another hotel, you take her there and stop directly at the front desk. She gives her ID card to the person at the desk and the monger usually gets charged a $20 room fee for bringing a guest up.
When you're done she just goes back to the lobby, gets her card and does whatever else she wants.
Because she's left her ID card at the front desk, the monger is protected in case something goes wrong.
The same basic approach works in the CR capitol of San Jose and also in Panama City and most other places down there.

When someone starts their post with 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM... I am expecting a wee bit more.. LOL

The average salary in most Latin American countries is like 10K. That comes out to $5 an hour. Even if they have to give half to the house $60-$75 an hour take home.  
The average American makes about 60K, or around $30 an hour. Latin hourly rate is 6X less so if you calculate out 6X more of $150=$900. If half would be given to the house that would be $450. When I worked at a legal brothel in NV we charged 1K an hour so I received $500, so this tracks as comparable.

where that $10 went by tax time anyway.  

Sounds like this is the “tourist experience”, and it seems decent.  

I don't think it's the "tourit experience" but rather than travelling monger experience. So I'm not sure if your question is about locals to Jaco or locals in the sense of Costa Rician.

Costa Rica is prosperous but most Ticos don't have the money to partake at the rate of $150/hr. It's basically sex tourism, although there are also gringo expats who live there with their Tica LTRs.
As long as everyone is happy....

GOOD IDEA
# 1:  Legalize Prostitution First.

Legalizing something usually means also imposing a lot of government regulation, including special taxes. Decriminalizing simply means removing laws that make something criminal.

And notice that removing the laws that make sex-for-pay criminal does not remove the laws that make actually harmful things criminal, so rape/child sex/extortion/slavery/trafficking/etc. would still be criminal, and public danger would not increase.  
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Opponents of decrim fail to notice that.  Or ostentatiously refuse to notice that!

you can't legalize discrimination.  

Maybe, but notice that what we call "discrimination" (including outright slavery) was the law of the land here for a century or more.
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So please say more about why "you can't legalize discrimination" now?

I claim no special knowledge on the subject, but here is my opinion: by making it legal, it prevents anyone & anything from exploiting the provider on a pretext.