Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Iranian Justice

In Iran, women have the right to collect alimony after a divorce. The law even requires couples to have prenuptual agreements. But what good is an alimony payment 10,000 years after you're dead?

The woman asked for $15 million and the court agreed, but ordered it paid out monthly for the next 10,333 years, one gold coin at a time. Simple math (interest is not allowed) gives us the sum of $121 per month. I doubt that's sufficient even in Iran.


They have the laws, but what good are they if the judges subvert them? Oh well. We have the exact same problem here in the U.S.

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