Who would want to go to a Third World country where the rule of law has been suspended, and government border agents can arrest you willy nilly? Even the Olympics wouldn't be enough to get me to go to such a country.
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Thought the same about Sochi
You're not wrong.
Because processing a sale suddenly costs more if the item costs more. The extra digit forces one more byte in a JSON which costs $100 more.
Edit: before anyone brings up "but VISA/Mastercard charge a percentage" its like 3% and that model is to subsidize relatively small ($10) purchases. Especially to promote usage among shops when it was first made a thing in the 80s or whatever.
Does the profits from those service charges go back to the people of Los Angeles?
Nothing ever comes back to us. We pay out the ass in taxes so rich people can go kill brown people in the middle east.
No. The Los Angeles Olympics are privately funded.
Essentially taxpayers own the city. If a private party wants to use the city, is there some way that tax payers get something in exchange?
Haha that's a good one!
LAOCOG is expected to pay full costs, but the contract is six months overdue.
Well guess I don't need to go to them. Shame. I wanted to at least go to a cooler events in the next North American Olympics.