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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
GGG is spot on here, there is very little difference between the arena and the Olympics when it comes to the general public benefit. The benefits of both are generally vastly overstated, almost always by the entities that benefit most from them. If anything I'm gonna slightly favor the benefits of the arena (even if I think both are bad ideas) for one crucial reason: The Olympic security cost. The security cost now is so high that it really makes hosting at best a minor money loser, but more than likely there will be at least a billion gone from the governments coffers that will never come back. Just to host the incredibly corrupt IOC. Purge the IOC and maybe there can be some worth there.
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It's probably a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme, but lining the pockets and kissing the asses of IOC sleazes kind of turns my stomach and is a good enough reason to me to not get involved.
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Oh, I see. So it's bad if local taxpayers are taxed for infrastructure that many of them are actually going to use, but it's just fine if federal taxpayers are taxed for infrastructure that most of them will never even see?
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I get your point, but that's what we pay federal taxes for -- to pay for stuff all over the country. I don't begrudge the twinning of a highway in BC with federal dollars. It needed to be done anyway.
About a year ago the federal government promised 1.5 billion for the Green Line in Calgary, for example. Most people in this country are never going to see — let alone use — the CTrain.