Amsterdam Has a Deal for Alcoholics: Work Paid in Beer
 

After more than a decade out of work because of a back injury and chronic alcoholism, Fred Schiphorst finally landed a job last year and is determined to keep it. He gets up at 5:30 a.m., walks his dog and then puts on a red tie, ready to clean litter from the streets of eastern Amsterdam.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/world/...html?_r=1&

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You know trouble is right around the corner when your best friend tells you to hold his beer!!

 

One of the project’s most enthusiastic supporters is Fatima Elatik, district mayor of eastern Amsterdam.

That's not a good sign.

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