An Indecent Proposal....

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Elspode

I always sort of wondered exactly why, if you do anyone you want for free without restriction by government, you weren't allowed to get paid for it.

In the end, I decided it was because the government doesn't like money changing hands without them getting their cut. It isn't like they actually care if someone lives or dies in the process, so it has to be the money angle.

No, it's because of the prudes. There's no reason the government couldn't tax legalized prostitution. It was banned when prudes were more powerful than they are today, and they're still powerful enough that no politician wants to be the one who legalized it.