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Originally Posted by trumpethead
Can somebody explain to me why we needed to spend over half a million to send an entourage of Alberta politicians and "artists" to the Olympics while many of the actual OLYMPIANS from this province are forced to constantly fundraise and even take on loads of personal debt to pursue their Olympic dreams??
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I agree that funding athletes and athletic programs is a good thing and that more funding being put into it would have general benefits, but money spent on politicians is also important and their needs are different.