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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
There is the "role of government" and the reality of what happens when inmates run the asylum and government is simply selected inmates running the asylum. What they stand for and what they actually do are two completely different things.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Again explain why a world class facility built in a downtown of a city is a waste of money. Really think hard and spare me the typical rhetoric spin on government propping up millionares. Tell me in your own words why these world class facilities are bad for the cities. Tell me that you have zero doubt that any money put towards a building will take away from hospitals, infrastructure or schools and then back it up with proof. You say I have no credibility but you are simply following the sheep with the same old crap that happens any time a government decides its going to fund something that a portion of the population doesn't agree with. I don't hear anyone complaning about the Peace Bridge any more. It's human nature to complain and then carry on with their lifes when the topic of the argument is no longer sexy.
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People are dying on the highway out to Fort McMurray, for which there's no funding for, and you want the government to pay for an arena. Government's role is to provide essential services which a private business cannot.
You're consistent in trying to shift facts and attention, but the quality of your arguments are very poor. "The government wastes money so let's make a sharp philosophical shift and waste money even more blatantly on entertainment".
The NHL received BILLIONS from NBC in a broadcast deal, I'm sure they can spare $120 million for Edmonton's arena.
Under my idea, at least the arenas get built and money isn't stolen from Albertans.