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Austerity programs cause brutal cuts in public services and result in more prostitution

Austerity programs cause brutal cuts in public services and directly result in more prostitution

                                                                                                                             Copyright © 2013. Angelos Tzortzinis. All Rights Reserved

“A prostitute who bears scars on her arm from the time she tried to kill herself in jail sat in her hotel room.  Greece’s strict austerity measures mean that programs for health care, treatment, and social assistance have been curbed sharply.”  In the United States, women are prostituting for gas money and hamburgers because of the “cut government spending” programs.  Other photos here.

 

 

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