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Up to a certain point, how vital are these pieces of infrastructure though? Does an overpass really NEED to be built? Couldn't we just put up a 4 way stop sign on Stoney Trail or Anthony Henday and call it a day? Would that be functional? Of course. Would it be ideal? No
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You're asking the wrong guy, I'd prefer all Calgarians who choose to move out to new suburbs to have a 5-10 year supplement on their property taxes to pay for the additional infastructure. With that said, infastructure (including roads, schools and hospitals) are all primary needs of our citizens - hockey and footballs stadiums will never be even close, sorry.
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Same with hospitals. Couldn't we just set up some equipment in an unused building and call it a day? Why do we need to build a sparkling, new Children's Hospital by the UofC? Couldn't we just have expanded the old one?
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I guess we could. See, personally I think ever comparing education and health spending to 'new stadium for billionaire' funding is the first sign someone has no idea what their talking about - but yes please continue making these amazingly deep points.
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See part of living in a developed, G8 country like Canada is being able to splurge a bit on things that aren't necessarily a must have. Do McMahon and the Saddledome do the job they are intended to do? Of Course. But if the Damascus or Islamabad National Football Stadiums are more modern than McMahon, you know that's a bit of an issue.
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What a ######ed statement. There are
so many things this city (and province) need with regards to important infastructure so maybe when every one of those important things are checked off the list (see: never) we can talk about funding the billionaries again.