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Comment by mensetmanusman | Hacker News Reader

I wonder how much cheaper the entire system would be if the government just paid them to not have sex.

There are at least three issues with this idea:

1. Not every sex worker are doing it for the money only. Many do enjoy doing this. Not every person goes to sex workers for sex but more of a "hired" companionship. 2. Demand for sex would not just disappear. Sex is human nature and sex work has been around since the beginning, it will never "stop". 3. This would increase human trafficking and more abuse to women because of 2 and it has already happened thanks to previous laws like this as mentioned in the article.

This means increased costs for us taxpayers to pay for increased policing due to 3.

You want to make the system cheaper? Decriminalize sex work and/or go after the sex buyers instead.

I’m not arguing on point number one, all this policy would do is make sure that the only workers that are doing this are the ones there for the reasons you state.

This would reduce/filter out anyone there for necessity.

What if they never had any intention of having sex, but say they would so that they get paid not to?

What if you paid them not to have sex and they had sex anyways?

What if you paid them not to have sex, but then somebody forced them to anyways?

It's not smart to pay people for something if there is no way to know if you've gotten what you paid for.

How much would the government pay everyone to not be a sex worker? (If we’ve learned anything, it’s that when the government starts giving away money, lots of people are willing to take it. If all they need to do to get it is agree to not be a specific type of sex worker, I think lots of people would be interested.)

Honest question:

How has that worked out for [at least certain types of] religion?

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