Re: Prostitution in Laos ? Why Lao?
Reply #127 - Yesterday at 8:06am  
Quote: I don't think that America has real problems. There's a mixture of problems and wonderful things in every country including Laos.

I think you are incorrect - America has real problems.  They may solve them but they are there.  For example, figures were released just today that show 1% of the population control 50% of the wealth and income of the country.  The top 2% control 75% of the wealth and income of the people.  Thats the highest disproportionate of wealth ever, even higher than 1928 before the Great Depression!  This has been made possible by 40 years of Republican rule (just like the before the Great Depression) with high taxes and cutting services to general public while slashing taxes of the very rich.  This cannot continue - if it does US will just be another "banana republic"...   And new figures released today show 35% of blacks now live below the poverty line.  Thats more than a 1/3 of a significant minority in the country. No country with such a large underclass of its citizens living below the poverty level "has no real problems"  especially in a country like the US with little or no safety net for its less well off citizens.   Likewise, a country that by far locks up more of its citizens in prison than any other country does not have problems.  Worse, the country is totally bankrupt.  Our insane wars have bankrupted the country.  It would take 5 TRILLION DOLLARS just to cover the US short term debt. We don't have it. At some point in time the Chinese and others who finance our debt are going to get fed up with loaning the US money and being paid back in worthless dollars.  The dollar has declined 95% of its value since the US went off the gold standard in the early 70s.  When the rest of the world stops accepting dollars all hell is going to break loose.  Don't tell me the US doesn't have serious problems.  But the overwhelming majority of people in the US are "fat, dumb and happy" and don't realize whats going on.  As such the problems are not being addressed and growing worse.

What does this have to do with Laos?  I don't know except there are a lot of Laotians here (I consider Laotian kids born here in the US to still be Laotian even though they are US citizens.  Correct?) in the US.  I haven't been affected yet.  My mother divorced my dad and married a rich American and after some problems went back to him so we are set.  But not everybody is and everybody will be affected if the US goes down the tubes.

I agree that there are jobs out there, but it is a question of if the wages are enough for a living. Most unskilled jobs such as housekeeper, child minder in Vientiane for example earn up to Kip 500,000 per month, factory workers and labourers earn up to Kip 900,000 per month for 6 days work per week 10-12 hours per day. Not enough money for anyone, not to mention a single mum with old/retired parents to look after. Most Lao retired people do not have pension so they depend on their children to provide foods, medications, shelters and bills, and all the shits we all need for everyday living you name it. This money does not get you far at all.

It may be true that most people in Laos earns lightly more than 1 dollar a day but what about the minority who don't? What about those living in rural areas with no jobs, who can't read, can't write because there's no school to go to to start with? Do you really think that there is even a toilet cleaning job for them?

I don't think most prostitutes enjoy what they do, whilst some of them may. I can't imagine being forced by a pim to have sex with someone is an enjoyment despite all free drinks and tips.

LP Admin, you make prostitution seems and sounds like an ideal if not a dream jobs for women. I would really like to know where you get your information from.




Admin Saovaluck wrote on 23^rd Dec, 2009 at 3:46am: