I think, ideally, this would be how the provinces of Canada or the states of the US would function. Try something - like, say, gay marriage, or medical marijuana - in one area, then adopt that policy elsewhere if it works out. Of course, the real world tends not to divide itself into nice compartmentalized petri dishes, and voters tend not to enjoy having their lives experimented with...

I guess I'll also point out that, like most "why can't I just do whatever I want?"-style libertarians, Jamie's coming at this prostitution question from a vantage point of unexamined privilege. "Wild West?", the straight white male says, "What's so bad about the Wild West? Who doesn't love cowboys?".

Of course, given that this strip features a character that is not only a straight white male, but is also Jamie, I think it's equally obvious that there's no malice or misogyny in his line of questioning, and certainly no seriousness. Jamie is not interested in exchanging money for intercourse, he's just picked up a topic and is running with it because that's how his mind works.

And yes, that's still Werewulf cameoing in the background there, presumably trying to focus on whatever she's reading and not in any way eavesdropping on our protagonists.