A big reason why so many buildings in Egypt are unfinished and look like their permanently under construction is because of a tax law
There is a property tax law that says buildings still under construction are exempt from taxes
So everyone lives in buildings that are technically “under construction” but will never be finished to avoid paying property taxes
There was a 2008 law that tried to close the loophole by taxing finished and occupied unfinished units but implementation got delayed so it was never enforced
I verified official Egyptian tax authority material still lists ‘buildings under construction (incomplete and uninhabited) as non-taxable in explanations of the rules’
So all these buildings will always look horrible because nobody wants to pay property taxes
DoorDash is bad for the restaurant industry and it's bad for America.
Go outside. Put the screens down. Talk to people. Sit down for a meal. Cook at home.
Whatever you do, don't use DoorDash.
Netanyahu walked into the United Nations expecting a global audience—and instead got rows of empty seats.
As he took the podium, diplomats from more than 50 countries walked out. An Israeli tally later counted 77 delegations left the chamber when he entered to speak.
Nothing says “greatest ally” quite like delivering a speech to a half-empty room.
Whatever Netanyahu came to say, a significant number of governments had already decided they had no interest in hearing it.
I love that for him.