Question (my overthunked, fubar'd brainspace)

I'm not a pig. Really. But I just read an article about prostitution & am now compelled to ask:

(& this isn't rhetorical, because prostitution isn't illegal everywhere, & isn't illegal in Canada)

If a person can charge for the service of sex, why can't a person ask for sex as payment? It isn't as offensive as it seems.

Sure, there's income tax, PST, GST, RST, HST, etc to think about, cuz the biggest mob in your country needs to get their cut & all, but that's just details.

Hmmm. Maybe it IS as offensive as it seems. I'm thinking about having my car stuck in a ditch. I'm thinking about two tow trucks sitting there, waiting to see who gets my business. One has asked for $200 to extricate my car & tow it to town. The other has asked for a blowjob.

$200 is too much to charge for this service. On the other hand, if you believe the movies, a hummer goes for something like $50, & in those terms is a pretty good deal. It would then be up to me, the consumer (oh shit - I just made an unintentional punny), to decide who gets my business. Which would I rather part with - my hard earned cash or my cocksuckerless memory, assuming my memory is indeed cocksuckerless?

But, what if both drivers were looking for some kind of sexual reimbursement? You could end up living in a region where a particular service is a monopoly run by someone who doesn't need money, or by two competitors who agree that preparing an individual's tax return is worth a 10min handjob, but writing off expenses to your home-operated business is worth a 30min bout of anal. Would there be some kind of mandate (what an unfortunate compound word) ensuring the personal hygiene of anyone charging sex for goods & services? Standards regarding the disinclusion of any BDSM? Could a tip for services rendered be, when performing cunnilingus (masterfully, of course) to pay for your meal, you do a couple of passes down around the rim?

Of course, this is where someone puts up their hand & suggests that, in addition to cash, cheque, money order, credit card, wire transfer, etc, you have the choice to offer *services*.

And that's where the Big Mob would step in & say "No". Bartering, unlike prostitution, is illegal.

Very loosely relatedly, can you imagine a world where every service must be charged for, or, if not charged for, then charged tax on? Little Billy, you just went to the store for the old lady upstairs. That service would net a delivery professional $7. I know you're only 10yo, but you owe the G-Men 6%. Cough it up.

Don't have the cash? There's a service you can provide...