Yes, end subsidies for NFL stadiums

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Something good that hopefully comes to light-subsidizing billionaires business/franchise... Hopefully for all major sports as well......

Why the public should be doing this should have been asked long, long ago........


Yes, end subsidies for NFL stadiums
by Timothy P. Carney | Oct 9, 2017, 10:54 AM



Big government exists in large part to subsidize well connected big businesses. Professional sports teams are among the biggest recipients of corporate welfare. Politicians who otherwise rail against big government often get hoodwinked into supporting subsidies for sports arenas and stadiums.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, for instance, ran for president promising to take on the special interests while also fighting to funnel a quarter-billion dollars to the billionaire owners of the Milwaukee Bucks.

In recent weeks, NFL owners' taxpayer-funded gravy train has come into focus.
The tweet above by conservative Charlie Kirk was greeted with some glee by many liberals on Twitter who are consistent enough in their ideals to oppose subsidies for billionaire business owners.
I personally am not offended by NFL players' protests, but I'll get on Charlie Kirk's platform on this. End subsidies for all pro sports arenas. They do not generally add to economic growth or the development of a neighborhood. They crowd out other, less politically favored, entertainment spending or non-entertainment use of coveted real estate. And they serve as Robin Hood in reverse, taking from the taxpayer and giving to the richest citizens.
So if it takes an odd motivation — anger at NFL players' protests and the owners' support for those players — fine. It's a good cause.
Timothy P. Carney, the Washington Examiner's commentary editor, can be contacted at tcarney@washingtonexaminer.com. His column appears Tuesday nights on washingtonexaminer.com.
 
They do not generally add to economic growth or the development of a neighborhood. They crowd out other, less politically favored, entertainment spending or non-entertainment use of coveted real estate. And they serve as Robin Hood in reverse, taking from the taxpayer and giving to the richest citizens.
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I can't say I am surprised Liberals would hate anything that generates good jobs and revenue streams for Cities.
 
Kinda funny how conservatives are all everything NFL now, a month ago probability is that it fell second to NASCAR in favorability, can't say the man doesn't know how to play his choir, he could have boasted shooting a dozen on 5th Avenue
 
archives said:
Kinda funny how conservatives are all everything NFL now, a month ago probability is that it fell second to NASCAR in favorability, can't say the man doesn't know how to play his choir, he could have boasted shooting a dozen on 5th Avenue
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What? This is your response to public funding of stadiums? And you clearly haven't been following the NFL
 
cawacko said:
What? This is your response to public funding of stadiums? And you clearly haven't been following the NFL
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Public funding of stadiums isn"t restricted to the NFL, and the topic post focused on the trust issue, something conservatives more than likely never even heard of before last week

And if you want my opinion on public funding of sport stadiums it depends upon the evidence shown that the construction would directly benefit the community
 
archives said:
Public funding of stadiums isn"t restricted to the NFL, and the topic post focused on the trust issue, something conservatives more than likely never even heard of before last week

And if you want my opinion on public funding of sport stadiums it depends upon the evidence shown that the construction would directly benefit the community
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Conservatives never heard of trust before last week? Ok.

Studies are out there that the real results dont match the promised results economically for publicly funded stadiums. But you can't put a price on having a team so cities are willing to do it.
 
cawacko said:
Conservatives never heard of trust before last week? Ok.

Studies are out there that the real results dont match the promised results economically for publicly funded stadiums. But you can't put a price on having a team so cities are willing to do it.
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Did you know that NASCAR is a major recipient of Government subsides

Funding of stadiums is a case by case decision, there are situations where it is beneficial to the community
 
archives said:
Did you know that NASCAR is a major recipient of Government subsides

Funding of stadiums is a case by case decision, there are situations where it is beneficial to the community
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I have no idea how NASCAR is funded and what's that have to do with anything.

Want to show even one study showing public benefits for a publicly funded stadium?
 
archcries said:
Kinda funny how conservatives are all everything NFL now, a month ago probability is that it fell second to NASCAR in favorability, can't say the man doesn't know how to play his choir, he could have boasted shooting a dozen on 5th Avenue
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Blah, Blah, Blah....more whining from the uneducated hyper partisan leftist twit.
 
archcries said:
Public funding of stadiums isn"t restricted to the NFL, and the topic post focused on the trust issue, something conservatives more than likely never even heard of before last week
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Now one spreads leftist manure better than you twat brains.

archcries said:
And if you want my opinion on public funding of sport stadiums it depends upon the evidence shown that the construction would directly benefit the community
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I am pretty sure that is the thread topic you whiny twit. So do tell me how a massive football stadium isn't good for the local economy; this I have GOT to see! :rofl2:
 
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