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Old 07-16-2014, 10:36 AM   #2061
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Originally Posted by Tinordi View Post
You couldn't misunderstand my argument more.

Museums, parks, art, libraries are not part of a billion dollar a year business. There's value in public money supporting them because private money will not.

It's a waste of taxpayer money because it's simply a subsidy to something that the private sector would provision itself. Net loss.

I understand your argument but wouldn't you consider this to be a fairly large assumption? I mean we all assume the Flames ownership will pay for it themselves, but there is the threat that they could leave.
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