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Originally Posted by stampsx2
You can fund the infrastructure we need with 100% Calgary taxpayer money or build that same infrastructure partially funded by the IOC and games revenues.
The IOC and games revenues are projected to give Calgary $2.2 billion. We would also get money from the federal and provincial government that would have otherwise never came our way.
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The IOC grants do not even cover the operating costs of the games let alone security or infrastructure.
Provincial money spent on the Olympics is defiantly coming out of Calgary’s future infrastructure grants. I get the money fairy arguement for federal dollars as we wouldn’t see those but it’s still a myopic argument. At minimum you need to count the provincial and city contribution
Aren’t you in general an anti-taxation fiscal conservative? How can a fiscal conservative make the money fairy argument? It’s an abandonment of conservative principles.