Not so much a debate as a propaganda piece. No-one can blame Charlton for pushing her sales pitch -- money is important to us all and if she can secure funding via lies and half-truths, then fair play to her for trying. But the 'Drive Time' bias on the issue is quite breath-taking and falls far short of what should be expected from a major broadcaster.
As for Jimmy Carter, perhaps he should consider that (other than a few parts of Nevada) buying and selling sexual services has been illegal in the US for a century, yet official figures estimate the number of sex workers at well over 1 million, with $14 billion generated overall. A 2004 TNS poll reported 15 percent of all men have paid for sex and 30 percent of single men over age 30 have paid for sex.
In other words, criminalisation simply doesn't work. What it does is give the appearance of doing something and provides lucrative funding for the laughably named 'rescue industry.'
2014 in Northern Ireland:
Number of reported attacks on sex workers 70
Number of sex trafficking cases ZERO
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