BURGER OFF: Benefits Bosses Reject Cash Plea Because Jobless Man Could Afford Big Macs

Jakob Josef S., 24, poses in undated photo. The man from the city of Linz, Austria, applied for social assistance on July 3, 2023. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash) Jakob Josef S., 24, poses in undated photo. The man from the city of Linz, Austria, applied for social assistance on July 3, 2023. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash)
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02 August 2023
Benefits bosses have turned down a jobless man's claim for extra cash because bank checks revealed he could afford to eat at McDonald's. The struggling 24-year-old - identified only as Jakob Josef S. - had applied to unemployment officials in Austria for a bigger handout to help make ends...