Good grief, Tinordi.
Flamesaresmokin argued that in order to lend funding to arena projects, the government would have to cut funding elsewhere. That, obviously, is a false dichotomy. I merely provided an example where that would not occur. I never said it was likely we would see some "bonus" revenue from rapidly rising resource prices, nor did I say that we must or should spend any such windfall on arenas. I merely offered, in example, a situation where arenas could be subsidized without cutting other services.
Quite obviously you could spend such revenue on any number of projects that some would perceive as having greater public value - and lord knows, Redford certainly would spend it regardless - but that is immaterial to the argument I was offering a rebuttal to.
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