This Government --- beggars belief ????

beamerguy

Herzlos wrote: »

You've completely lost me.

So girls at work shouldn't worry about being murdered or beaten by their clients/managers (a real threat), because they might just get hit by a bus anyway (an unlikely occurance)?

I don't think we're in any disagreement about the parking weasels, but there's no way the 2 industries are comparible.

I started this by comparing a decision by government.
It has since expanded to even murder which you introduced.

I never said that the two industries were comparable. It was the decision to implement immediately a legality, versus the a well overdue decision regarding the control of the parking industry.
And that's it ?

Herzlos

Unfortunately the parking thing isn't exactly a basic decision; there's been a consultation in progress and it's taking months. They need to balance the rights of the landowners with the rights of the public, and you can tell from the Beavis case that it's a very complex mess.

I'd love it if they outlawed it entirely, like clamping, but it wouldn't happen overnight.

onomatopoeia99

peter_the_piper wrote: »

I've no problems with the legalisation, they could then be taxed etc. Its been legal for ppc's to screw the public so why not them?

Prostitution has always been legal and it has always been taxed. HMRC don't exempt the self-employed from paying tax, after all, though prostitutes have historically not been able to claim for business expenses in the same way that other self-employed people can (this may have changed in recent years, I'm not familiar with current practice).

I think you will find if you talk to some prostitutes that HMRC insist they submit self-assessments, just like everyone else that is not on PAYE.

beamerguy

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I think you will find if you talk to some prostitutes that HMRC insist they submit self-assessments, just like everyone else that is not on PAYE.[/QUOTE]

In a real world you are right but these women, over 60,879 in the uk according to the BBC, deal in cash, it's a black market so good luck to HMRC

TDA

beamerguy wrote: »

Exactly:)...

You don't half chat some rubbish...

beamerguy

TDA wrote: »

You don't half chat some rubbish...

never been impressed by you either

HO87

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Prostitution has always been legal and it has always been taxed.

The earnings of prostitution has been taxed for many years including the use of Luncheon Vouchers to pay for it in one notable case I seem to recall but I'm not entirely sure that that renders prostitution legal. Are we talking England and Wales or some more enlightened part of the world?

TDA

beamerguy wrote: »

never been impressed by you either

No, I imagine someone with such a tenuous command of the grammar and the English language would struggle to read most people's posts, let alone understand them.

nigelbb

beamerguy wrote: »

I started this by comparing a decision by government.

The Government has made no decision. A Committee of MPs (House of Commons Home Affairs Committee) has produced a report and made some proposals. It's nothing to do with the Government.

beamerguy

TDA wrote: »

No, I imagine someone with such a tenuous command of the grammar and the English language would struggle to read most people's posts, let alone understand them.

don't flatter yourself