Found this on the Porn Star board for those who may not have read it.

The economy in Europe is worst than U.S.  However, how far away is the U.S. Sex worker industry from the same thing??

http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion_boards/viewmsg.asp?MessageID=173264&boardID=23&page=1#173264

is that sex Industry in UK and Europe is legal, whereas its illegal in the US..  

If they would legalize, or at least decriminalize it, here in the US, that would invite more of the "big money". It would also invite a lot more women to partake in this w/o worrying about UNCLE LEO busting them and ruining their career.  

In a lot of ways we would be better off by decriminalizing prostitution...

First of all.. All the developed nations have it legalized in one way or another...Our neighbors to the north, Canada, and our friends to the east, Germany, France, UK have it legalized.  I am just talking about first world countries here, but feel free to add Latin American countries if you wish...  

Secondly...It would mean lower prices for us hobbyists. For the same reason, some providers seem to fume over the mere mention of legalizing the hobby. It means they won't be able to command $300-500/hr anymore. They would rather its illegal, and LE would just ignore it and focus on something else

Third....More tax money coming in. Not sure how I feel about giving our government more more money to spend, but its definitely a better sell than raising the taxes...Last time I checked the deficit was still close to billion, although coming down steadily...Won't be a bad idea to pay that down a little bit..

So as long as we keep status quo with regards to legality, don't expect any change in rates...

Thoughts?

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My oponion, for what's worth:  What we have now is for the birds.  I start with the principle that consensual behavior between adults is not the business of government.  That eliminates countries like Germany where it is legalized and frankly sounds awful, like factories run by the government for even upscale clientele.  If money is exchanged, whose business is it to protest?  Real crimes, such as abuse, exploitation, child pornography etc are the business of LE and they need to be a better job.

This is about what is going on in Germany.

Just check bp Germany. The good ones have prices similar to the US.  

This one is $268 us dollars an hour as an example:
http://berlin.backpage.com/FemaleEscorts/fun-ausgehende-mdchen-mit-einem-hellen-freundlichen-persnlichkeit-25/3348821

I don't think I would visit those cheap places (brothels) in Germany.

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