Re: The Worlds Oldest Profession. (merged)
What I find most peculiar about this proposed policy is the selective trade discrimination involved. There appears to be an element of protection for the small enterprise here, which is curiously absent from other types of business. For instance, if I was the owner of a small grocers shop or pub there is very little I would be able to do to stop a giant ASDA, Tesco’s or Barracuda bar from opening nearby; yet by law, brothel size will be limited to just three working girls, with mega-brothels being illegal. On the other hand, from the consumer’s viewpoint, arguably a lack of such large establishments means failure to take advantage of economies of scale and thus provide downward price pressure for the buyer.
No doubt HM Revenue & Customs will welcome this measure. If there are currently an estimated 80,000 Ladies of the Night, with average earnings of fifty thousand quid, all undeclared for tax purposes, I make that fifteen thousand quid tax/NI loss per tart. In total, £1.2billion lost to the exchequer. Therefore I can see Gordon Brown’s grubby hands, rubbing in glee, behind all of this – legitimise and collect the tax! . Think what all that extra money could be spent on!
Irrespective of the economic debate on brothels, there is that minor matter of the moral issue. Most women, of course, believe that those men with regular partners pay prostitutes in order to have sex; this is however, rarely the case – men can just as easily have sex with their said partner. No, payment is for silence after and not having someone nagging you for the next three days (or whenever)
Anyway, should the maximum brothel size law ever be relaxed, I’ve just had a good idea for Hyndburn Council’s Church Gateway redevelopment scheme using the old Commercial hotel and Hargreaves whorehouse……
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