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Originally Posted by IgiTang
Society has already said it’s acceptable. If you have ever spent a dime on a pro-sport item or ticket, you have already said that it’s ok for these billionaires to continue to profit at extreme rates via their franchises. To say “No” now is simply
Hypocrisy.
Out here on the island I see tons of “No LNG” signs for the coastal communities but they all have LNG running to their house. I see this as a similar hypocrisy.
This kind of money from tax payers is going to get gouged by the Municipality, Province and Feds anyway.. to think that if your dollar doesn’t go to the Flames that that’s where it ends. But that’s naive, your dollars are going to be gouged by a tax in some way or another. Perhaps a useless blue ring or a facility that a very small number of the population uses. Someway or another your dollars are going to leave your pocket without you having much of a say in the matter.
Why not have it be for something you claim you love? Like Calgary Flames Hockey?
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So let me get this straight. I'm a hypocrite for saying that the people who benefit from the entertainment should have to pay for it? I would gladly pay more for my hockey tickets if it meant no public money. How much more? Who knows, if it becomes too expensive and people stop going then it's a broken system and the team needs to lower its price.
I'm fine with MY DOLLARS going to pay for the Flames, how is the fair to my friends and colleagues who don't go to hockey games at all.