I have read through the comments several times and have concluded that many simply do not understand why Ron Paul takes the positions that he does. It is simply he took an oath of office to defend the Constitution, and his positions are based on a careful analysis of that document. Thus, Ron Paul knows that the Federal Government should not be exercising certain powers that should be only exercised by the States . . . and he wants to shut down those Federal powers, and let the States assume those roles. Ron Paul is a believer is Austrian Economics, as am I, and believes that Keynesian Economic, which provides justification for Government Intervention into the private sector, is simply very wrong. And in matters of Foreign affairs, who on this board will argue with his message of peace with a very strong self defense posture?

As Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak represents my district, and it is fact that I am an active voter, Mr. Sisolak certainly has interest in what any person in my voting position has to say about this issue. First, I do believe the charges of the lady are without merit. If her charges are true she is guilty of not properly reporting Mr. Sisolak's activities to the authorities in a timely way. I would tend to believe she now has a greater liability than Mr. Sisolak to the authorities in this case. I have never agreed with black mail laws, as I don't believe in legislating for the privacy of those who have done wrong in society. The fact remains that these accusations will not change my general support for Mr. Sisolak. The only black mark that I have seen on his record has to do with the Las Vegas Paving / and Fisher incident . . . and this incident, I do find very disturbing.

The solution to the problem is simple and Ron Paul has voiced the solution many times: Fix our social welfare programs, and then fix immigration. From a Constitutional rule of law position, a persons Natural Human Rights do not start with being a United States citizen! All persons have all Natural Human rights because we are all human beings. Congress does not have the right to limit those rights.

The problem of immigration reform is not properly framed, in this column. The root of the problem associated with immigration reform is the existence of tax payer paid social programs in the United States, that are being used (some say abused) by those who immigrate to this country. If the United States did not have taxpayer social welfare safety nets, but did have effective private sector safety nets: (extended family, church, and secular such as Rotory, Masons and Elks Club) I do believe that immigration reform would be a simple task. The Gorilla in the room that is not being spoken of is taxpayer paid social programs that are bankrupting the country.

Jim Reid, in your experience you speak of a victim, and the "degradation of the women". My question to you: Was that degradation due to the fact the women were working outside the law, such that they did not have the protection of a civil society and and as such . . . were subject to being degraded? Or, are you suggesting that these woman were working within the protection of a civil society, yet they were still degraded by customers who loathed doing business with these ladies? Just curious.

Star, you asked why . . .

My answer is: "Twenty years ago, I studied this issue in depth and read countless studies on the subject written both in England and the United States. What I found was that a victimless act was made a crime, and in doing so, the trade was made profitable and controllable to those on both sides of the law."

Understand, in order to profit from this trade one needs the ability to control it. Even when the trade is legal, as in Nye and Story County, politicians expect their cut from the brothels. Read up on the Chicken Ranch in Nye county where the owner of that brothel wrote a book that spoke of the hoops he had to jump through, and then look at the history of Raggio and Conforte up around Reno. If you ever have the chance, read the book by Ms. Davis . . . who was a madam in LA, about 60 years ago, a madam to the Stars of Hollywood, judges and politicians.

This is just another glaring example of the failure of the welfare state. A welfare system based on a combination of an extended family, community, church and secular organizations such as the Rotary, Elks and Masons would of put a lid on this problem 60 years ago. But now, the state has decided to have a monopoly control on the system, in order to insure that these people are not taken advantage of . . . have effectively eliminated an entire list of occupations that would have prevented these people from becoming homeless. From minimum wage to the countless labor laws we have today, all these feel good laws have the singular effect of keeping these good people in the gutter.

Cooligan wrote: "As my former colleague Abigail Goldman reported in 2009, "Vice detectives will tell you (that) behind every prostitute is a pimp. These relationships are by nature coercive, and these coercions are often cemented with violence." In other words, we're not talking about a victimless crime...". The police may wish to push this fiction to justify their policing this trade but the cause and effect of the argument is all mixed up. The fact that the trade needs to work outside the law has created the opportunity for the pimp to act in a simple protection racket game. Twenty years ago, I studied this issue in depth and read countless studyies on the subject written both in England and the United States. What I found was that a victimless act was made a crime, and in doing so, the trade was made profitable and controllable to those on both sides of the law. I also learned that the worst thing that could happen to the trade was to have the police act in both regulating and enforcing the trade. Each time that happened, the police ended up being far worse than any pimp. The only way the trade appears to work, is to have the health department run the regulation part with no enforcement powers, and to have the police used for enforcement but only after the health department enters a complaint through the courts. It is only with this type of seperation of governement powers that the system remains above board and legal. As long as the trade can work inside the law, the pimp role is eliminated along with the violence of working outside the law.

Whoever authorized the overtime, without raising any red flags to those who are paying the bills needs to be fired. The notification came way to late, to the tune of 80% late.

Mr. Muth stated: "Muth acknowledged he never filed contribution and expense reports, but said he is not required to under state campaign finance laws because the mailers didn't specifically say "elect" or "defeat" any particular candidate." AND "Under federal campaign finance law, such words constitute "express advocacy" and would trigger reporting requirements. Muth argues that standard applies at the state level as well."

Mr Muth is correct, and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto appears to be using her office to sue Mr. Muth in another game of Democratic hard ball smear politics. I think it is about time that Ms. Masto be charged criminally for her illegal and political use of her office.