Overseas Program Pays Alcoholics With Beer Instead of Money? (Yes, It's True)
Yes, you read that right. Here’s how it works in the city of Amsterdam — alcoholics get paid in beer instead of money for picking up trash.
According to The New York Times, a unique government-funded program launched by the Rainbow Foundation, was intended to get alcoholics off the streets and working by picking up trash. In lieu of money, they get paid in their own currency: Beer.
But that’s not all. In addition to beer, cleaning team members earn half a packet of rolling tobacco along with free lunch and oh yeah, 10 euros each day.
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