Eldest

 "So uh...Jack...heard you wanted to give hookers and gigolos labor rights and uh benefits?"
"Yeah, SWU 555 brother, is that a problem?"
"That's uh...not going to be popular with the conservative voters.  Or even some of the moderate voters." 
"Everyone agrees that it's the "oldest profession" right?" 
"I mean..."
"It's even in the Bible. I mean, Jesus washed their feet and everything."
"Yeah but..."
"The stereo type is the toothless hooker, track marks in their arm, out on the street corner giving blow jobs for $20 dollars to some business bro who's going to take dieses home to their wife and kid right?"
"That's just..."
 "I've read "the good book" cover to cover, multiple times, in different printings. And some, we'll call them, supplementary texts to be polite."
"But how..."
"Do you realize how much tax revenue that is?"
"You're going to tax them...?"
"I mean look at where marijuana has been legalized, billions of tax revenue poured into underfunded school and healthcare systems."
"That's different, that's medical..."
"Mental health and well being for the professional and their clients. I mean, all the bro dudes say 'you need to get laid, it'll help you feel better.' " 
"You don't understand..."
"Oh, I understand well enough. I understand that the same people that scream the loudest about Sex Workers are the same ones often found to be the most frequent use of such services."
"Not all..."
"Men, yeah I've heard that line before.   That's also the same men that treat these people as disposable.  Isn't the joke in movies often that there is a Dead Hooker in the trunk and they need to hide the body before someone finds out? Jokes come from somewhere.  And most of the human trafficking in the world is funded and often the focus of such...financial endeavors."
"Those are just..."
"Jokes, yeah, I know.  You know what big business does when they want to shut their competitors down?  Don't worry, I'll tell yeah.  They find a way to cut off their supply, to eat up their resources, and steal their customers."
"But that's...."
"Called harm reduction.  And arguably Sex Workers, if legalized could be trained as mental health professionals, require schooling, training, ethical considerations.  Lord knows those dudes on Wall Street need therapy and they already spend stupid amounts of money on "Dommie Mommies and other S&M fetishes."
"But how..."
"Through the department of health and human services, backed up by the labor department.  Giving those in the industry legal standing to speak out when there is legitimately an abusive or harmful situation and have legal backing to do it.  Isn't that how the Little St. James got started?  Why beauty pageant participants are taught to smile and be silent no matter what?" 
"Hey now..."
"Look, a spade is a spade man.  Can't get around that.  And last I checked the good books they all agreed that God was the final word and judgment on how you spend your life, not your fellow man.  And in the U.S. the constitution says, very explicitly, separation of Church and State.  So pick your poison there bud.  Either the government stays out of the issue and they get smart and start a Church where they're a tax free entity able to "Provide relief to the down trodden" for a small monthly donation of just $1000 dollars like televangelists and other less than reputable religious organizations and take in billions of untaxable income.  Or, the churches stay out of it and the government taxes them like any other industry and makes sure they abide by health and safety standards so Kyle can go home to Karen and the only thing Karen has to worry about is how much she's getting in the divorce settlement instead of having to get their kids tested for STD's because Kyle had been stepping out for years and either didn't know or didn't say he had any issues."
"You're a fuckin' asshole you know that?"
"An adorable one for certain.  And right or wrong it's still the oldest profession."
"So unionized Sex Work.  Unions or Guilds, doesn't much matter in the end as long as they adhere to the ethical standards of the rest of the Mental Health professionals out there."
"What's the difference between a Union and a Guild?"
"Not much at the end of the day.  On paper?  Unions represent large groups of people working on the same projects or for the same company.  Guilds are groups of independent professionals paying into a collective fund to help with legal and medical bills, or if they can't work making sure they have what they need to return to or transition to other work." 
"You're serious aren't you?"
"As a heart attack.  SWU and SWG of America."
"You're insane."
"Yeah.  Kind of have to be to have the level of Narcissism necessary to think I can convince people to do the right thing."
"You think legalizing and regulating sex work is the right thing?"
"Don't hate the player, hate the game.  Can't help that I'm good at it." 
"You're the devil."
"No, going back to the good book.  'the devil was jealous of the free will given to man and works to convince people that they have no choice in there lives.'  I'm just giving a choice.  Believe the devil that's trying to trick you, or trust the person showing you the choices the world has."
"Isn't there a third option?"
"Yeah, we're living it and frankly, I don't want to see another shipping container full of people cooked alive because they were being forced into an unregulated labor market." 
"That's disgusting."
"That's only the ones that made to port.  How many are at the bottom of the ocean?" 
"I..."
"Didn't think about that did you?  That's the problem with being me.  I know more than I'd like but less than I need to.  That's why I study every day and listen to people smarter than I am when I'm uncertain about things." 
"But I've heard you listening and arguing in good faith with people saying some really ignorant things." 
"Yeah, well, I haven't lived their life.  Even a broken clock is right twice a day." 
"Jesus..."
"Yeah, he'd agree with me.  At least that's what the 'Good Book' says."
"You're going to Hell you know that?"
"Not for me to judge, just to help. I'll find out if I make it to St. Peter, or Michael, or Uriel, or any of the other gatekeepers checking the VIP list.  But as with everything I do I'm willing to deal with the consequences if it means making sure people are taken care of and safe. Even if I don't agree with, or even like them.  Even if they don't agree with or like me."
"Did you know you're leg is tapping a million miles a minute?"
"Yeah, it's called redirecting the adrenaline so I stay calm, you should be more worried about when my leg stops shaking?"
"Why."
"Because that's when the adrenaline is under control and I'm ready to fight."
"You're leg just stopped shaking."
"Yep."