# Persons who want to pay taxes but are refused - brothels. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-who-want-to-pay-taxes-but-are-refused-brothels/583020 "2011-05-24T15:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-who-want-to-pay-taxes-but-are-refused-brothels/583020/1 "2011-05-24T15:55:39Z")
[Brothel industry falls short in desire to pay state taxes - Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | 1:55 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun](http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/24/brothel-industry-falls-short-goal-pay-state-taxes/) The article is a fairly good summary of the current legal brothel situation in Nevada, should you be interested in that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-who-want-to-pay-taxes-but-are-refused-brothels/583020/2 "2011-05-24T18:05:39Z")
Unbelievable! They are worried that the brothel money is somehow “tainted” compared to the money from casinos? Unlike casinos, you go to a legal brothel, you get what you are paying for. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-who-want-to-pay-taxes-but-are-refused-brothels/583020/3 "2011-05-24T18:35:21Z")
It’s an interesting story. The state sounds crazy, but I can almost see their point. Deeply religious people might have a serious problem with driving on roads paid for by sex. And the brothels WANT to pay taxes! I can see why both sides might be happy with the status quo. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-who-want-to-pay-taxes-but-are-refused-brothels/583020/4 "2011-05-24T19:32:48Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It’s an interesting story. The state sounds crazy, but I can almost see their point. Deeply religious people might have a serious problem with driving on roads paid for by sex. And the brothels WANT to pay taxes! I can see why both sides might be happy with the status quo. But these same people don’t have a problem with roads paid for with money from gambling, alcohol or tobacco? A well-run brothel does one hell of a lot less harm than those three and provides a useful service. The harsh truth is some folks just cannot get sex any other way. I knew a guy, a really nice guy, who had been in a fire. His face was very burned and he was missing an arm. The entirety of his sex life was with prostitutes. If he hadn’t been a nice guy, he could have lied and made up a bullshit story about having been a fireman and gotten burned saving the lives of a half dozen children, and maybe scored a pity fuck. The problem with those is that pity is a pretty unpleasant thing to deal with. Better to save his money up and get sex from a professional. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-who-want-to-pay-taxes-but-are-refused-brothels/583020/5 "2011-05-24T19:45:22Z")
Money is money. It’s neutral. And this is just another example of whackjobs letting religion get in the way of reality. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-who-want-to-pay-taxes-but-are-refused-brothels/583020/6 "2011-05-24T19:46:27Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Deeply religious people might have a serious problem with driving on roads paid for by sex. So they’re finding it kinda difficult to take the high road when, in all actuality, there’s only one.