pose: To persuade the audience that prostitution should be legal. Introduction I. Open with Impact: If Ann Landers is for prostitution, then how far out can the notion be? II. Thesis: The legalization of prostitution could help lower taxes, help balance the budget, clean up the streets, combat dangerous street-sex practice, lower the rate of rape, lower organized crime, and make illegal and underage sex inaccessible to minors. III. Connect: This may seem like improbable biased propaganda, but the facts will be unveiled. Body (Preview: Today I am going to talk to you about why the government should legalize prostitution. First, I am going to talk about where it's legal, then I am going to speak about the problem of suppressing prostitution, then I am going to tell you about pimps abusing the prostitutes, and finally I will speak about making the streets safer. Main Point #1: Legalization of prostitution is an idea that has been tried in the real world. A. 13 out of 16 counties !
             in Nevada have legalized prostitution. B. In 1949, the United Nation adopted a resolution in favor of legalizing prostitution. (Signpost: Now that I have spoken about legal prostitution, I will talk about the problem. Main Point #2: By maintaining the illegality of prostitution, we are only masking a problem that will always be there. A. Defense attorney Nedra Ruiz said that 7 million dollars a year spent by police to suppress prostitution is a "total waste of money." B. Cities spend an average of 7.5 million dollars on prostitution control every year. (Signpost: Now that you know about the problem, I will tell you about some prostitute abuse. Main Point #3: With government regulation of prostitution, the prostitutes would no longer be controlled by pimps, who frequently abuse them, and profit from them. (Signpost: Now I am going to talk about regulating prostitution to make the streets safer. Main Point #4: If the government regulated pros
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