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Economic Hard Times Hit Nevada Brothel

First Posted: 12/23/08 05:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:55 PM ET

Las Vegas Brothel

ABC News:

A woman who had just scored a precious high-paying job in the midst of a disastrous economy was willing to fly in from out of town to take it.

Her new boss, Susan Austin, had spared no expense and the woman was quickly whisked into a waiting limo at the Reno, Nev., airport.

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A woman who had just scored a precious high-paying job in the midst of a disastrous economy was willing to fly in from out of town to take it. Her new boss, Susan Austin, had spared no expense and th...
A woman who had just scored a precious high-paying job in the midst of a disastrous economy was willing to fly in from out of town to take it. Her new boss, Susan Austin, had spared no expense and th...
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BlackYowe
I am a classical- liberal woman and a Jeweler.
02:36 PM on 11/24/2008
Guess just picking up a cheap chick on the corner will have to do boys, I am so sorry.
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Eric8869
12:24 AM on 11/24/2008
It's a bad economy when you have to discount your cooch
08:48 AM on 11/24/2008
Yeah and who wants discounted nasty smelly cooch?!
08:53 PM on 11/23/2008
I'm not sure there's not more to this story ... hmmm ... maybe a road trip to check this out.
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brooklyncitizen
Quaerite primum regnum dei
07:32 PM on 11/23/2008
this story isn't kosher....so the madam is laying off but also taking new hires...and this kimberly woman has never turned tricks, there are numerous reasons for becoming a prostitute it's not just a "bad economy"....don't buy it.
04:28 PM on 11/23/2008
Most people have forgotten, but a number of years ago, the IRS foreclosed on the Mustang Ranch
for failure to pay back taxes. They put a lady IRS agent in charge until a buyer could be found.
The girls were happier, and the Ranch was making money hand over fist. Congress intervened,
in that they were embarrassed that the best run government enterprise was a whorehouse.
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Eric8869
12:19 AM on 11/24/2008
Thank god they didn't turn it over to the DMV or the post office then
04:03 PM on 11/23/2008
If a brothel fails signs which say, "Closed due to the Economy. Beat It." will be posted in addition to "Closed" & "No Trespassing" signs since the brothel will fail because far too few will be willing & able to pay the ladies enough to make trespassing profitable or fun for any body.
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HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR
LeftLeanWing
RightKickFoot
05:02 PM on 11/23/2008
Our legs are closed ; Talk to the Hand.
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Bitsko
He of the smoldering eyes
05:34 PM on 11/23/2008
"Beat it." That's a pretty good pun. About the only funny thing about this exploitative industry.
07:52 PM on 11/23/2008
Prostitution is unusual in that everyone involved in prostitution is a victim brothel keeper, pimp, prostitute, John or customer, officials from beat cop on up who ask for & take bribes, a society which tacitly or overtly tolerates or encourages prostitution. Everbody loses in this tawdry game. The illicit drug trade is also a victim rich environment. Everybody involved in that enterprise is a victim too.
A trade which involves trading on human weakness is always a no win situation.
03:57 PM on 11/23/2008
"Economic Tough Times Hit Nevada Brothel"

OK you guys, it's time to step up and help save this landmark. Are you with me? Think of it this way - It's for the good of the country.
03:19 PM on 11/23/2008
"World's Oldest Procession"? Is that a combo word of profession and recession? Or are we talking some other sort of line of in-step humans? Or a typo no one here will ever correct?
02:00 PM on 11/23/2008
Politically speaking, I guess you could say, prostitution has taken it in the Bush.
01:39 PM on 11/23/2008
When did the IRS give up ownership of the Mustang Ranch?
Wonder what their Black Friday specials will be.
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AlligatorShuz
01:10 PM on 11/23/2008
PIMPING AIN'T EASY
WELL, IT IS HARD OUT HERE BEING A PIMP...LOL
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local21
33% recall rate, Walker is next
11:25 AM on 11/23/2008
Does Marv Albert have to pay extra ?
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local21
33% recall rate, Walker is next
11:29 AM on 11/23/2008
YES !!!!
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marymansour
10:53 AM on 11/23/2008
I guess folks just don't feel all that s e x y when they're working their @sses off to make ends meet and pay the bills - just have to resort to doin' the wives.
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Mannock
Just flew in from Chicago and my arms are tired.
11:17 AM on 11/23/2008
Or if they are not married...god forbid, find a girlfriend.
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Erdgeist
per omnia extrema
10:27 AM on 11/23/2008
So what is needed is a bailout of Mustang Ranch? This is the thinking of Republican ideologists who believe in supply-side economics. There is no evidence either in economic models or in real life that supply-side economics (Adam Smith) works. In fact, it can be argued that supply-side economics helped to destroy the British empire. The problem, right now, is a lack of demand because the clients of Mustang Ranch have lost their jobs or fear a worsening of the economy, so they are hesitant to spend their money. Without good wages and a stable economy, above all, one not modeled on supply and greed, problems will only get worse for Mustang Ranch -- and by implication, the American economy. The solution is simple. Stop supply-side thinking. Start rebuilding the manufacturing base of the American economy that was gutted by free-trade (offshoring and labor arbitraging). Tax the rich who have proven to be tax dodgers, enact the revenue tariff (5 to 10%) -- and cut the military budget in half.
12:33 PM on 11/23/2008
You would be wrong, as supply side economics does work, the problem is we only really tried it for 6 years.
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Erdgeist
per omnia extrema
09:07 PM on 11/23/2008
I think history shows that our supply-siders have been wrong for a long time -- at least going back to 1981. Despite the optimistic belief that tax rate reductions might actually increase tax revenues since the economy would be liberated from nasty big government, GNP actually declined while, instead, the tax loophole industry benefited. Since 1981, supply-side economics, the dream of every deluded Republican, has brought the American people offshoring, outsourcing, labor arbitraging, several bubbles and a huge National Debt.
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Mannock
Just flew in from Chicago and my arms are tired.
12:52 PM on 11/23/2008
Erdgeist is right. Supply side economics killed prostitution in New York in the early '90s. Women would ply their trade and a quicky would cost about $15 to $25 dollars. Then the crack hookers came in, offering everything and for 50 cents. No prostitute with safety in mind could compete with that.
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jackthecommentor
10:21 AM on 11/23/2008
Blow-out Sale going on now at your locally owned and operated brothel! Don't forget to tell your friends and family to come on down! First come--first served! That's Sunday!! Be There!