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minus-squareDoorbook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoI 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.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 hours agoWhich 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.
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.
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.