Archive for January 31st, 2005

Not so sure we should hold Europe up as a model

‘If you don’t take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits’

Under Germany’s welfare reforms, any woman under 55 who has been out of work for more than a year can be forced to take an available job – including in the sex industry – or lose her unemployment benefit

Sometimes I wonder if I’m too wary of governmental involvement in things. This gives much credence to my skepticality (nice word, I know)