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Will Pot and Prostitution Save Puerto Rico?
Cerberus.Anjisnu
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By Cerberus.Anjisnu 2014-04-25 05:05:56
i support hookers and pot carry on puerto rico america will bail you out in the end with money it doesn't have anyway
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By Ragnarok.Slyshen 2014-04-25 06:49:54
Hey at least when ***doesn't work out the way they want it to, they can just get people so high that they forget? Not bad PR, Not bad...
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-04-25 09:42:40
So much ignorants it makes my eyes bleed... People need to realize that this economical crisis is nothing but recent, it goes way back, easily like 40-50 years old, still many of Puertoricans politicians go to jail because of thievery. And that's to blame the ignorant people that vote for fanatics and not for knowledge. The economy will keep going down, example, Puertoricans senators gains almost 200k/year, have a car, cellphone, all meals during a 5 day labor shift estimated for 40 hours weekly, all payed by the common people taxes, they don't work on ANY Puertorican celebration day and still get payed if is on normal week (not weekend sicne they don't work for God's sake on weekend or festivities). Point to be short is, why complain so much when the direct fix to the root is the government? Reduce senators and all those useless to be politicians they budget and fix it to the people. P.S. I'm Puertorican
You should get that looked at... but it seems self inflicted.
Senate of Puerto Rico
$73,775 (actual annual salary) x 27 senators = 2 million dollars
even if we used your pretend numbers it's only 5 million...
Hell let's multiply that number times a hundred! that's 550 million!
unfortunately....
THE DEBT IS 70 BILLION DOLLARS
that is $70,000,000,000.00
$70,000,000,000.00 <-debt
5,000,000.00 <-imaginary savings created by firing all the senators
Number of years it would take to recover the debt under the Pulguita Plan = 14,000 YEARS!!!
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By Lakshmi.Zerowone 2014-04-25 09:44:09
I dunno, pot and prostitution doesn't sound as lucrative as hookers and blow.
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-04-25 10:25:36
While we are riding around on the $70,000,000,000.00 elephant in the room, let's do some more math!
back in the old days a quarter ounce was $25 and since we are buying in bulk let's stick with that...
OK! so let's say PR grows it, bags it, and distributes it without incurring any costs at all that will only take.....
2,800,000,000 that's two billion eight hundred thousand quarter ounce bags of weed to get back in the black!....
if we could get 2.8 million people into PR to buy this magical free to produce and distribute weed they would only need to each smoke 1,000 bags of it each!!
whoopee! crisis averted!
of course if it was a 10% sales tax they were collecting...
and they could collect that tax for free that would only be...
twenty eight billion bags of weed!
If everyone on the planet chipped in they would only each have to smoke an ounce!.... (or donate $10)
By fonewear 2014-04-25 10:35:00
How many hookers will it take before we put a dent in that deficit I'd like to do my part.
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-04-25 11:53:03
How many hookers will it take before we put a dent in that deficit I'd like to do my part.
are you a kick start model? or do you prefer to be wacked upside the head with a tennis shoe?
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-04-25 11:55:55
How many hookers does it take to get a country out of a $70 bln deficit? Depends on the market, then we can do the math, lol.
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By Shiva.Onorgul 2014-04-25 11:57:30
If everyone on the planet chipped in they would only each have to smoke an ounce!.... (or donate $10) As someone who is allergic to the stuff, can I pay $10 to ram my bag of weed up the *** of a single politician (as yet to be determined) whose policies or personality I despise?
Hell, we could pay off the debt in about a week and a half with a program like that. Well, give or take a couple hours to cover the medical costs of extremely prolapsed rectums. Politicians are only metaphorically used to taking it in the *** (from lobbyists, of course). Yet.
By fonewear 2014-04-25 12:00:04
How many hookers will it take before we put a dent in that deficit I'd like to do my part.
are you a kick start model? or do you prefer to be wacked upside the head with a tennis shoe?
What color is the tennis shoe ?
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-04-25 12:06:57
How many hookers does it take to get a country out of a $70 bln deficit? Depends on the market, then we can do the math, lol.
well it would have to be collected as a tax. so even at 10% that's...
700 billion dollars worth of goods and/or services provided not counting administrative/collection costs.
I think it's time to call in Bono and see if he can get some of it forgiven.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-04-25 12:08:24
How many hookers does it take to get a country out of a $70 bln deficit? Depends on the market, then we can do the math, lol.
well it would have to be collected as a tax. so even at 10% that's...
700 billion dollars worth of goods and/or services provided not counting administrative/collection costs.
I think it's time to call in Bono and see if he can get some of it forgiven. Unless they're a state sanctioned brothel.
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By fonewear 2014-04-25 12:11:37
Bono that the guy that is more famous for wearing sunglasses than being a singer ?
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-04-25 12:12:11
Way too many numbers here. Just USPS the weed and allow me to choose hookers like Netflix.
Bonus points if some inventive soul comes up with a way of USPS'ing the hookers.
By fonewear 2014-04-25 12:13:37
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »Way too many numbers here. Just USPS the weed and allow me to choose hookers like Netflix.
Netflix will just keep raising the price of hookers though...
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By Shiva.Onorgul 2014-04-25 12:15:07
Supposing there was no social stigma involved (or only a minimal one), as has been the case in various cultures and times throughout history, would you frequent the services of a sex worker?
Ironically, since legitimizing its red light district, Amsterdam has seen fewer and fewer people visiting prostitutes because the thrill of taboo appears to be a big part of the whole thing. And I guess most people either lack the funds to indulge in whatever strange fantasy they have ("I'm going to wear this diving suit with the *** cut out and you slap me in the balls with a haddock for 45 minutes, ok?") or lack the motivation to pursue a business-like transaction to shift some body fluids around.
I would have to dig around to see what economic impact the brothels in certain Nevada counties have had, but I've read several accounts of what it is like to work in them. It has the mixed air of being a waitress at TGIFridays, an orderly in a hospital, and an entry-level social worker with boundary issues. The sex part seems to be the least onerous aspect compared to the quota-designating meetings, extensive personal and client medical checks, and the variety of mental hang-ups the average client brings with him (or her? dunno if there are any brothels catering to women, though I know there are plenty of straight male prostitutes acting outside the law in Vegas).
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-04-25 12:19:43
I think I read somewhere that there is an all male (workers) brothel in NV outside the city limits.
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-04-25 13:18:02
I think I read somewhere that there is frequently visit an all male (workers) brothel in NV outside the city limits.
there.
now I believe it.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-04-25 13:20:14
Brothel inspectors know no bounds.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-04-25 13:20:36
Hey, if he's putting money into the economy and keeping our fine male prostitutes employed then I'll shake his hand cause he's doing it for America!
After you wash those hands, of course.
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-04-25 13:42:52
Whatever floats your boat
Whatever rocks your socks
Whatever flips your pancake
Whatever melts your butter
Whatever teeters your totter
Whatever bakes your cake
Whatever tickles your pickle
Whatever razzles your berries
Whatever milks your goat
Whatever cocas your cola
Whatever bastes your turkey
Whatever lights your candle
Whatever flies your flag
Whatever pings your pong
Whatever creams your cheese
Whatever butters your biscuit
Whatever humps your camel
Whatever lights your candle
Whatever sizzles your bacon
Whatever blows your hair back
Whatever blows your skirt up
and Misacat's favorite
Whatever peels your banana
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Leviathan.Chaosx
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-04-25 16:55:23
The real question is, should the legalization of drugs be tied into prostitution?
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2014-04-25 17:01:57
I think I read somewhere that there is an all male (workers) brothel in NV outside the city limits. Heidi Fleiss had plans to build one in Pahrump, NV at some point but she ended up selling the land. Prostitution is legal in a few counties here but for now they're just full of boring ol' women.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-04-25 17:09:14
I think I read somewhere that there is an all male (workers) brothel in NV outside the city limits. Heidi Fleiss had plans to build one in Pahrump, NV at some point but she ended up selling the land. Prostitution is legal in a few counties here but for now they're just full of boring ol' women. Are male prostitutes required to serve both sexes?
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2014-04-25 17:12:34
I don't think legal prostitutes are required to serve anyone they don't want to serve.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-04-25 17:14:24
Not from a legal perspective, but more like an industry thing. Like is it shunned upon if they don't?
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By Shiva.Onorgul 2014-04-25 17:15:56
I think I read somewhere that there is an all male (workers) brothel in NV outside the city limits. Heidi Fleiss had plans to build one in Pahrump, NV at some point but she ended up selling the land. Prostitution is legal in a few counties here but for now they're just full of boring ol' women. Are male prostitutes required to serve both sexes? Well, that depends on your definition of "required."
When your pimp has a gun aimed at your brainstem, then yes. When you work in a legal brothel, you're not even required to have sex at all (but you will be fired).
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-04-25 17:17:09
The prostitution industry seems a little more complex then.
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By Shiva.Onorgul 2014-04-25 17:33:41
Considering how many women are willing to do girl-on-girl for a little extra money and how many gay-for-pay straight ("straight") guys there are in the porn industry, I doubt it'd take a whole lot more to get Johnny Benchpress to bugger you. Getting him to bend over might take a little more lubrication, and I mean that metaphorically financially.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-04-25 18:04:48
It seems like the message sent when legalizing prostitution is, 'Aren't we all just prostitutes?'
The situation here doesn't look so good:
Quote: In Puerto Rico, 45 percent of the population lives in poverty, and the unemployment rate is a solid 15 percent.
Those numbers aren't a good sign for any area of the United States, least of all an island whose name translates to “Rich Port.” But after years of recession, Puerto Rico's debt crisis finally seems to have reached a day of reckoning.
Then the government stepped in:
Quote: Officials have opened a public campaign to field ideas for how to fix the crisis once and for all.
A government website is accepting suggestions, and close to 400 ideas have been submitted. At least 150 have been accepted by a government committee for consideration. Among the ideas to be considered are calls legalize marijuana and
prostitution, and to drastically cut back the amount of public holidays that workers on the island celebrate. Source
So now there is hope.
Quote: Others, such as Rep. Ricardo Llerandi Cruz, have suggested doing away with 41 government agencies, some of which he claims are redundant. He stated his proposal would save $160 million just in administrative costs. Source
Excessive government spending may need to be curtailed as well:
Quote: The island currently celebrates 20 holidays a year, double those observed in the U.S. Many people have bristled at the proposal to scrap some of the additional extra days off, some of which commemorate various historic Puerto
Rican leaders. But Gonzalez said the excessive number of holidays costs the government about $500 million a year in lost productivity and interruptions in service, among other things.
"Change always brings about inconveniences," she said. "I'm convinced that before we talk about something as dramatic and disastrous as layoffs, we have to consider other ideas." Source
So now that the economic situation has forced the issue of legalizing marijuana and prostitution, should it be done? Can it be done? And does economic policy ultimately triumph over any moral ambiguity?
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