Wow. Some enterprising fellow in Austria, (allegedly named Hans Url, so this may be a hoax) faced with the heinous prospect of having to get off the dole and go to work, cut his foot off with a power saw, tossed it into a fire so that it could not be re-attached, and then called emergency services.
Unfortunately for him, missing a foot does not automatically keep you on the dole, even in Austria!
Let's break it down:
(1) People, they can't pay the guy benefits after that, right? Jeebus, the whole country would go cut their feet off then!
(2) The linked article refers to the miscreant as "footless". Is this just a slip of the pen, or has the guy actually DONE THIS BEFORE?
(3) The gentleman is from a town in the Austrian state of Styria, which if you are a fan of Thomas Bernhard, should be making you nod your head knowingly and murmuring "it figures".
Showing posts with label moral hazard. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
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