“‘It is better to suffer from typhoid than to be a millionaire, because
according to statistics the mortality rate of those suffering from typhoid
is 10 per cent, while millionaires all die,’ said Viktor Orban, former Prime
Minister [of Hungary], currently President of senior opposition party Fidesz
quoting an old anecdote in response to Prime Minister Medgyessy’s claim –
based on statistical data – that unemployment was not on the rise in
Hungary. Medgyessy had officially invited Orban to discuss a set of current
issues privately in his office on March 1.”
(Courtesy of the Hungarian Information Center.)