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Hungary's Needy Given Money to Burn

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Re:Shades of Depression-era Germany by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Absolutely. this image immediately came to mind.