On a Sunday afternoon in mid-February, a small but politically charged event took place in the heart of Amsterdam.
A group of eight people gathered for a photo-op protest on the city’s Dam Square holding placards that called for an end to Western arms deliveries to Ukraine and the
How does that work? How does changing a name cost any money, let alone millions?
I rename my iPhone every other week because it keeps changing after connecting to PC. Free of charge! Lmao.
Signage, websites, letterheads and stuff. Everything that has the old name has to be redone.
That can’t possibly cost 2 million tho lol. Unless it’s the good old corruption. 2000€ per sign changed. And every letter head billed individually.
It’s very inefficient with lots of red tape, processes to follow and meetings with designers, lawyers and managers before the work can start. And then every change must be agreed on by different departments. Each person touching this project will write their hours onto the bill.
Sounds like my own country tbh lmfao. At the end they will have spent 2 billion and unable to show useful results. It went to advisors mostly. Just so happens that said advisors are related to the decision makers.
What are the odds? 🫠
Our government is very good at meetings and discussions. We have meetings about planning meetings. Its ridiculous if you ask me.
I’ve had some severe mental problems in the past, relying on government assistance for a while. And the amount of talks that are involved with any decision that has to be made, its enough to drive you crazy if you wherent already.
Here is the source (in dutch):
https://nos.nl/artikel/2278648-naamswijziging-ministeries-kost-32-miljoen-euro