Government Reveals: Living in Latvia Has Become an Extreme Sport
After January heating bills, politicians realized - residents can't choose between eating and heating, so they're increasing housing benefits.
Sitting in their warm offices, deputies suddenly discovered that Liepāja residents are freezing this winter not because of ice cream, but because heating costs more than the average salary. According to government sources, the changes came after one of the ministers accidentally saw his heating bills and fainted.
"I thought housing benefits were something from Soviet times," says Liepāja resident Gunta, standing in line at the social services office. "Turns out it's currently the only way you can afford to live in Latvia without eating only potatoes." Meanwhile in Riga, politicians are celebrating their wisdom — they raised benefit coefficients but forgot to raise salaries.
Social service workers are already preparing extra chairs — the lines will be longer than at Liepāja's central market on Saturday morning. "We deserve a bonus too," says one social worker. "If we have to calculate how many people can afford to live, then we're like math teachers, just with greater responsibility."
The best part? To receive benefits, you still have to go to bureaucrats and prove you're poor enough. Because how else can you verify whether a person really can't choose between a warm home and a full stomach? As Liepāja residents would say: "Well okay, at least something's moving!" Even if it's only on paper.
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