evanb,
so you watch CNN Asia? that's where they had the piece on Japan and the world cup. As far as bidding again, it was not mentioned in the piece, but it might be that the big expenses and infrastructure is already in place, why not try and recover some of the money. I don't know how easy it will be to find the link as it was a 5 minute piece. As far as the tax structure go, it's accurate within +- 3% and that's straight from the S.A. news papers, by south African economists.
If I get bored enough soon and try to find both links, might just be a bit embarrassing for you then?
I see the spin doctors for FIFA is very busy. The Sunday paper reporting that the hotels reimburse and compensate tourists that report crime, as to keep it out of the stat's.
?Moenie polisie roep,? sê hotel glo: Rapport: Suid-Afrika: Nuus
The cases that do get reported by tourists get high priority and is solved in record time according to the article.
Yet my friend that was murdered 4 years ago, his case file has not been touched.
Head out the sand evan.