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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Thank god. To get rid of this deal would be wholly inconsistent with Alberta values. What is the point of the provincial government giving a 4.7 billion dollar handout to big corporations if the city did not follow that up with a 300 million dollar handout to billionaires. Too many people care about the working person who needs to get to work and forget about the plight of billionaires in London, England.
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This is a terrible argument. This subsidy of billionaires should stand on its own or not.
A 4.7 billion tax break to corporations (effectively a dividend to everyone who has a retirement plan of some sort) is a completely different discussion from what is the correct amount for the city to pay for an arena for the civic pride and other intangible benefits the flames bring.
This idea that everything should be compared back to a particular project or policy is awful and adds no value.