Zimbabwe Has Just $217 in the bank

According to Agence France Presse, Finance Minister Tendai Biti told reporters in Harare today that that’s the amount that was left after the government paid its civil servants last week.

“The government finances are in paralysis state at the present moment,” he said. “We are failing to meet our targets.”

Ummmmm … that is incredibly scary.

(Source: onionlike)