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by mytailorisrich 1180 days ago
They want to attract high value individuals because they are doing this to benefit their country and economy while limiting the number of people, not to make foreigners happy.

Edit: apparently the average income in Iceland is close to $6k per month so 7k is not even "high value", it's just making sure only people who earn at least an average income qualify, which makes sense.