welfare & sex work

[Doug Henwood]

Everytime I type the phrase sex work I think of David Polonoff, who used to
be a writer (he wrote the great neocon seder for the Village Voice, "next
year in Managua!"). When he heard someone at a rally use the phrase
"culture workers," he said, "Culture workers? I got into culture so I
didn't have to work." He's now a computer programmer.

Anyway, prostitute/writer Tracy Quan says that the talk among hookers is
that welfare reform has increased the number of sex workers, but of course
no one can prove it. A libertarian, she says the only good thing she's
heard about welfare is that it keeps the labor supply down.

Doug