Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
Jordi wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
Jordi writes:
Even after adjusting for foreign workers, I still get a per capita GDP
of $20,500, which is less than half the average of the USA.
Foreign workers are roughly 25% of the total population, nearly 40% of
people on working age.
Every Saudi citizen has free health care and education, loans at 0% for
starting businesses and 1st house mortgages, and barely pays any taxes
at all.
In terms of available income, the figure will be very similar to that
of the US, and, believe it or not, it is more evenly distributed _among
Saudi citizens_
Yeah, but being a MUSLIM is rather a prerequisite for receiving all this
largesse...
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Greg
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