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Originally Posted by Frequitude
This is an incorrect assessment of the reason why the yes side wants the games. But I’m sure you know that.
We want other people’s money spent here for once, we want the infrastructure proposed, we believe in the economic multiplier benefits, we believe in the intangible benefits, and we want to party and have a slack 2 weeks of work. And we think that’s worth $500M.
Your attempt to characterize us as frivolous partygoers is cute though, even if it is extremely condescending.
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Yet the Yes side mostly brushes aside all the evidence that suggests this is extremely dubious at best, and outright false at worst. The biggest, most undeniable benefit will be the party. The rest? Will come down to who does the books, and how people interpret it. Which is kind of the point, the "benefits" are often impossible to calculate....except how much fun you had at the party, that's pretty easy to calculate.