• Doorbook@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    I have a feeling they are doing this for people applying for visa for the world cup next year. Last world cup, Qatar saw 3.4 million fan.

    With this in place a d we assume third of that number attend the government is looking at maybe 250 million.

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      21 hours ago

      Which is paltry. Even if we get the same numbers, that’s only $850mil. That’s not even enough to fund the fucking cafeteria at the Pentagon.

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        8 hours ago

        Actually, it’s enough for building the Pentagon for its original budget (43million in 1941) adjusted to inflation: 767 million. Though building materials and labour are starkly cheaper now, so maybe 2 or 3 Pentagons