Taxing street walkers - Germany's answer to Greek bailouts?

[DMac]

City introduces "tax meters" for prostitutes (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/31/us-germany-prostitutes-idUSTRE77T36P20110831)

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(Reuters) - Prostitutes in the German city of Bonn must carry a ticket purchased from a new parking meter-like machine while working the streets or face hefty fines from tax authorities in a scheme launched on Monday night.

[Dogman]

http://assets.head-fi.org/d/df/dfc444b6_121054d1231181462-coral-star-dec-26th-jan-1-thread_is_worthless.jpg

[Twisted Titan]

brings new meaning to the "statement gubbermint screws you every chance they get"

[Cebu_4_2]

Agreed, we need pictures or this isn't real.

[Joe King]

You mean of the machine, or the girls?

Here's the machine. http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/09/01/world/01germany.html Nightly flat-fee of 6 Euros to work the streets.

[po boy]

You mean of the machine, or the girls?

Here's the machine. http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/09/01/world/01germany.html Nightly flat-fee of 6 Euros to work the streets.

New thread title street walkers pay siemens to walk street.