Another reason to love Germany

I found a story on www.drudgereport.com that I found to be interesting to say the least. But before I get to the story, let me provide some background for you. Germany legalized prostitution in brothels 2 years ago, because “the government believed that this would help to combat trafficking in women and cut links to organized crime.” For the last 11 months unemployment in Germany has been on the rise and is becoming quite a concern throughout the country.

There is a 25-year-old woman who had worked in the Information Technology field has been collecting unemployment. In the paperwork she filled out she said she was willing to bartend and had previous experience as a waitress. “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 or lose her unemployment benefit.”

Here’s the kicker… they group brothels and bars in the same category and decided it would be too difficult to distinguish the two. They sent her on an interview at a brothel. So, if she doesn’t become a prostitute, the government will stop her benefits!