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Originally Posted by GGG
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.
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The reason there is no money for the green line is because the money was spent on the corporate tax cut (I would agree that it is effectively a dividend to shareholders of those companies, most of whom are fairly well off, highly unlikely the cut will lead to job growth, mainly share buybacks and the like). I am just saying it would be completely inconsistent with provincial policy if cities starting giving money to projects that helped working people as opposed to projects that prove the worth of trickle down economics.