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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Unless someone wants to step up and maybe risk their job to try and get funding. But much as we'd like to altruistically believe politicians actually care about the public good, they are in a career and like anyone else are career driven. Doing the unpopular thing, even if it's right, doesn't prolong one's career. And I'm sorry but ultimately the legacy infrastructure from this is extremely underwhelming unless you're a winter athlete, or have direct financial ties to any prospective projects
I wish the plebiscite could be switched to the following question:
$2.875 billion in funding from three levels of government have been procured: Would you prefer to host the Olympics, or spend that on (fill in the blank)?
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If that was on offer, you could do that. But government funding has never, does not, and never will work like that. Grant programs are not free for all multiple choice - nor should they be. You could argue creating ongoing sustainable funding with flexibility is valid, but that is a different ball of wax than this.