Thai MP aims to ‘stimulate’ economy with sex industry legalisation

[Phredd]

Australian Customs permit items that can't be manufactured in Australia to be Duty Free. Australia could manufacture blow-up dolls but the Australian Workers would not do so, due to their beliefs etc. So such items are Duty Free 😉

[shdmn]

The only thing legalization would do is raise prices.

[Zack61]

A sensible move. 

[patman30]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The document suggests that banning people from working in this industry violates their rights and freedom to choose a profession or type of work, according to Section 40 of the Thai Constitution.

What about those who choose to be weed farmers or sellers?

seems like it is a little late, but all these changes are likely preparing for CBDCs
where they can collect tax on every transaction in real time

Edited July 11 by patman30

[john donson]

good thing right, those ho's get a <deleted>load of cash and never pay taxes

 

add casino's

 

and while you are there, remove some old laws so free speech could take place and people don't go in jail for speech, longer than a rapist

 

 

[kevozman1]

14 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

Well, now you know they are desperate..... Pathetic!

 

Thailand gets a lot of tourism and really outside of agendas there is no reason for Thailand to be desperate for more tourism. The nation is nearly always top 10-15 in the tourism rankings for many years. The argument that 'they need x tourism to keep a tourist industry going' is two decades old at this point. 

 

This article is a little demoralising to me. I have hoped Thailand authorities would actually clamp down on this activity and the full moon party stuff. That's only regarding tourism. Believe I know Thai society has bigger issues but this is something that could be moved on at this point. I actually think keeping this multi-decade 'tradition' does more harm than good towards tourist numbers producing a rightly earned negative reputation, but again agendas, and I know my voice would mean absolutely nothing on these subjects so oh well..

[J Branche]

These guys bored up in Bangkok?  Work on student Foreign Language skills development, work on Math skills so when I give a high school graduate 548 on a 348 bill they do Not need the calculator.  Work on access to advanced course for students showing higher aptitude Maybe even just online access.  Keep your stupid tax the crap out of everyone and business will leave for other tax friendly countries.

[Grumpy one]

12 hours ago, stoutfella said:

And what might it be doing on its knees?

Driving the point home,  so to speak  

[smedly]

what a laugh

[Gandtee]

13 hours ago, stoutfella said:

And what might it be doing on its knees?

In all my ninety years I have never heard of a whore described as a hoe, an agricultural implement.? Or is that the way some countries say it? 😉

[0ffshore360]

At face value not an unreasonable  proposal.

Unfortunately IMO human trafficking would boom once legal inhibitions were removed.

 

[2baht]

2 hours ago, artotle said:

If there's a white man here who opposes this for some moral or ideological, or any, reason I've certainly seen everything.

Please don't go destroying the squeaky clean, pristine image that has been drawing the tourists to Bangkok for decades. Keep it clean, Thailand! 

[brianthainess]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The MFP MP, Taopiphop Limjittrakorn, shared his plan to legalise professions related to porn and sex toys on his Twitter account today.

Sadly Nothing the MFP put forward will be allowed, but it could get them even more votes next election, not that the military will ever give up control of the country.

 Unless maybe directed by a higher authority, and that is not ever going to happen in my lifetime IMO.

[Robert Tyrrell]

Good Morning ,

 

P.M. is hilarious !!! He's decimating the Cannibis Industry shops and Farmers, He's despreately searching for Government revenue because Cannibis is a huge losss to the Government money Till !! 🙂 All the Cannibis shops and Farmers should file a lawsuit against ther Thai Government to claim buisness losses and recover them !!!! File a Collaborative effort Lawsuit against the Thai Goverment !!!

 

สวัสดีตอนเช้า ,

พี.เอ็ม. เฮฮา !!! เขาทำลายร้านค้าและเกษตรกรในอุตสาหกรรม Cannibis และค้นหารายได้ของรัฐบาลอย่างสิ้นหวังเพราะ Cannibis ทำให้เงินของรัฐบาลสูญเสียครั้งใหญ่จนถึง !! 🙂 ร้านค้า Cannibis และเกษตรกรทั้งหมดควรยื่นฟ้องรัฐบาลไทยเพื่อเรียกร้องความสูญเสียทางธุรกิจและกู้คืน !!!! ยื่นฟ้องร่วมฟ้องรัฐบาลไทย !!!

 

[Brn2Trvl]

Smart move on the Thai governments part. All kinds of revenue from this. WAY smarter than the BS USA or BRIT establishments ( those tighty a__ holes).

[mokwit]

12 hours ago, johng said:

Always bemused as to why/how "sex toys" are "illegal" how about a cucumber,carrot,banana  or those massage wands.. while at the same time there are thousands of soapy massage places and curtain hotels all over the country

I'm all for the liberalisation of  porn,sex toys,sex work,massage parlours,curtain hotels,carrots,cucumbers,bananas etc etc etc

 

and how on earth is this related  except that some military equipment is rather phallic.

 

It may have been benevolent rather than public decency. Historically Thai men had near absolute dominion* over their wives and maybe if he was into plastic imitations and she wasn't, she would have no recourse if he wouldn't stop.

 

*culturally at least, perhaps not in practice.......

[racket]

Degenerate law, and stupid by all means. 

[Franky0815]

The guides at Disneyland have lost their way in the jungle of double standards...!

[wazzupnow]

well finally thailand is going to tax its biggest asset

low tax income wakes up the dummest people i guess

living in the land of smiles for over 10 years (still do not know what they are smiling about)

i did not find much of Thailand’s beautiful culture and traditions.

maybe that is more in the villages where electricity is rare

but did find a lot porn  sex and willing ladies and lady boys on every corner 

this move should double their tax revenue

[Purdey]

How much will this "stimulate" the economy? Porn is a multi billion dollar industry in the USA (porn makes more than Hollywood apparently), but is this going to save the industry knowing how hardly anyone pays tax here? 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/30/internet-porn-says-more-about-ourselves-than-technology#:~:text=Current revenue estimates for the,words%2C online porn is huge.

[Kwaibill]

Prostitution is fully legal in twenty nations and partially legal in many of the rest. It is completely illegal in a vanishingly smaller number of nations. The stats are easily Googled.

Rather hypocritical of Thai officialdom to pretend it is illegal, IMO, with many a nod and a wink going on behind brown envelopes, etc.

I also find its status peculiar in light of ganja flip flopping.

Just my two baht’s worth as I participate in neither.

[sanabavy IV]

19 hours ago, FruitPudding said:

They want to tax our overseas income...........now they want to tax their hoes?!

 

The economy  must be on its knees.

you mean Economy now sucks?

[BritScot]

How will this stimulate the economy, as it goes on regardless of the law. Extra tax, I think not. First sex workers will not declare their income, they will not pay tax. The big brothels that cater for Thai only will switch from paying military/police to paying as little tax as possible. Shifting deckchairs on the Titanic as its sinking comes to mind.

[NoshowJones]

6 hours ago, thesetat2013 said:

it is about porn and sex toys. not sex workers. They would never pass laws for their sex workers because there are no sex workers in Thailand. Just ask Pattaya police. They check soi 6 and soi bukhao all the time and never find sex workers. 

Tell the truth. Have you ever seen any policemen walking about Soi 6 or anywhere in Soi Bukhao just checking anything? The only time you will see police in any of these Soi's is if they are called to some disturbence, and after about 9pm it would have to be a really serious disturbence.

[bwanajohn]

Good idea ,all the cannabis shops can change to being sex toy retailers and brothels...and then in two years they can change the law and the shops can be casinos with slot machines 

[tomacht8]

I would agree to the new regulation, but only if I can use my red light night receipts to reduce my future tax burden.

[Metapod]

On 7/10/2024 at 6:07 PM, connda said:

Excellent idea - but a little late.  It already is defacto "legalized.' 

they want to tax it silly

[tijanova]

Yeah,, well said man.. no any issues, 

The ((aims justify the means))

 

[Chris Daley]

Look out Mr Floppy is going to his the town.

[JoeyMac]

What about all the income they just gave away when they removed the 'tax' on visa arrivals for Indians and Chinese. 

 

That move was a disgrace and must have cost billions.