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January 10, 2008

Another Dead Guy on Welfare

Posted by Dave Blount at January 10, 2008 8:59 AM

Indicating how little is required of us by the welfare state, 64-year-old Jorge Chambe of Sydney lay around in his government-owned apartment for a year after he had died. The welfare recipient's rent was taken care of through direct deposit while he decomposed.

To prevent this from happening again, more bureaucracy is proposed:

Geoffrey Bird, deputy directory of seniors' organization the Council on the Aging, said the problem of old people living out their final days in isolation was a national problem, and needed a federal response.

No doubt the imposition of further nanny-state intrusions will create some facsimile of a "sense of community."

On a tip from Lyle.

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