$9M license plate

[ducky19]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/31/news/dubai-million-dollar-license-plates/index.html

I guess the UAE had to find something other than oil to fund their building projects with...

[zolotiyeruki]

Ah, the pinnacle of vanity plates.

(IIRC, UAE actually doesn't get that much money from oil production.  Their Qatari neighbors to the west, however...)

[daverobev]

Ah, the pinnacle of vanity plates.

(IIRC, UAE actually doesn't get that much money from oil production.  Their Qatari neighbors to the west, however...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates

Dubai doesn't, the other Emirates do.

[Metric Mouse]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/31/news/dubai-million-dollar-license-plates/index.html

I guess the UAE had to find something other than oil to fund their building projects with...

Ah yes. Such a simple man, as he describes himself.  His argument that it's actually a form of voulentary tax did make a strange sort of sense...

[talltexan]

UAE has no income tax and an impressive trend for recent GDP growth: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-arab-emirates/gdp-growth