Guadagno: Legalizing prostitution would be better than legalizing pot
Former Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno photo via NJ.gov
In an interview with Bill Spadea on NJ101.5 yesterday, former Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno said legalizing prostitution would be less harmful than legalizing recreational marijuana and that doing so would benefit the women who work in the world’s oldest profession.
“Now that I’m not running for office anymore, if they need revenue that badly, let’s legalize a victimless crime and tax it up the wazoo. What to I mean by that? Let’ legalize prostitution,” Guadagno said.
“It’s better for women cause they’ll get good medical care. We’ll cut off the middleman, if you know what I mean, and it’s between two consenting adults.”
“What is the difference? Except you won’t be losing an entire generation of children with pot. There are other ways to raise revenue without raising taxes or by legalizing marijuana…”
After commiserating with Spadea for a couple of minutes over the problems with legal recreational marijuana and the minor fiscal impact the revenue from cannabis sales would have on New Jersey’s fiscal problems, Guadagno returned to legalizing prostitution to close the segment.
“I’m telling you, if you really need the money, legalize prostitution. Because at least it is a victimless crime and it will help women in terms of medical care and regulation.
“I know that sound outrageous,” the former LG said, “but that is what it sounds like to legalize pot to me. It’s outrageous.”
In a phone interview with MMM, Guadagno said that she is not advocating legalizing prostitution and that the point she was making with Spadea was to illustrate the absurdity of the arguments put forth pro-recreational marijuana advocates.
“Prostitution is a victimless crime. Marijuana is not a harmless drug. From both a revenue and social justice point of view, it makes more sense to legalize prostitution than marijuana, but I’m not advocating either.”
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we will eventually get both. Anything for more revenue that they will largely p- away…
he kept her mute for 8 years, lol.
do not let our President put that guy in as AG! If she had only not criticized Trump early on, it would have been a poetic justice for her to get the job he now wants!😉
her comment to Art on the phone made her seem stupider. I love it!
Exactly right. Why would she say anything so ridiculous? The dems will have a field day with that one if she runs again
What an idiot!
bother to run again, having been totally betrayed by her running- mate, and blamed/ punished for much of HIS stupidity? She holds several prestigious positions, and has a great job, now- let her and her family live, enjoy, and be well. All the nonsense is definitely not worth the grief!
Some people just dont get it and she most certainly doesn’t get it.
Keep those cartels and violence.
What a idiot
Would certainly help to quash cartels of all types, plus keep us safer, altogether..my guess is the lady was speaking rather tongue-in-cheek, but if you think about it, pot legalization will bring out entire culture and tax burdens even more problems- as they grab the big boon of more tax dollars, watch how fast they go out the door, with increased policing and prosecution of more vehicle mishaps, more sick people( especially kids,) in the already packed ER’s, more rehab dollars, and higher insurance premiums for both vehicles and health, for us all ..