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Originally Posted by Parallex
Public wants and public needs... he's saying other people should pay for his private wants. I like going to the Marvel movies but I don't think my fellow taxpayers should be sending half a billion dollars to Cineplex so that I can watch Avengers 4 in a better movie theater.
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Great and rational argument. An arena is part of the infrastructure and fabric of a city. It isn't used by a few people for a few events. It's used by far more people than most things that our tax dollars go to. People get so clouded on this issue and the Olympics. I want great facilities in this city for me, for others, for generations to come. Let's stop pretending that this is about billionaire owners and millionaire players. I want this to be a world class city with world class amenities and I'm more than willing to have our tax money provide for those things. Even better, let's get the Olympics so that we can magnify our tax spending with other people's money and get 6 times the amenities that we otherwise would be getting.