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Originally Posted by Travis Munroe
I can respect that you don't agree but saying most people don't is a made up statement that has no proof until after the plebiscite. It very well may end that you are right but you don't know that right now.
Just because the angle I am using isn't being used by the entire yes side doesn't mean it is invalid. You know just as well as I do that property taxes are going up with or without the olympics and then they will go up again. There is no more money to subsidize an empty downtown and someone has to pay for that.
If I used to work in O&G and was laid off a couple years ago, currently still unemployed and in extreme debt, given the opportunity:
1) Use the last bit of space on my cc and take a course which could help me get a job in a different industry until O&G picks up again
or
2) Sit on the couch and slowly burn that last bit of space on the CC until there are no other options.
Under option 1, I may not get that other job but I went out trying while option 2 has me throw my hands up and quit without a fight.
You also haven't really given the no sides view that surrounds my entire basis to vote yes. Do you have any other suggestion on what we can do to spark the economy over the next 5 or so years?
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Care to elaborate on how winning the Olympics will 'spur the economy'?