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Hungary's Needy Given Money to Burn

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 13, 2012 @05:05AM from the idioms-to-the-rescue dept.

Knowing that ideas are a dime a dozen and eager to think outside the box, Hungary's central bank is burning old currency to help the needy. The bank has found that the 40-50 tons of currency that needs to be burned every year is a blessing in disguise for people caught between a rock and a hard place due to the extreme cold sweeping across Europe.

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Depressing by CryptDemon · 2012-02-13 05:14 · Score: 5, Funny

I can't help but think of how depressed I would be with the irony if I were in this situation. I'm so poor and don't have money, but the government was kind enough to bring some to me and let me watch it burn.