As thousands of cash-strapped Italians take to the streets to protest against their tax bills, a small group of earners who have never paid a penny in tax are instead demanding their right to contribute to the nation's coffers. Prostitutes up and down the country are fighting against a tax code that does not recognise their profession, even though paying for sex is legal, leaving them no chance to pay a cut of their earnings to the tax man and qualify for a pension. "It is the height of hypocrisy that what I do is legal, but I cannot pay tax on it," said Efe Bal, 36, a Turkish transsexual prostitute who staged a ... (full story)