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Originally Posted by taxbuster
I have no shortage of tax clients in your position and can thoroughly empathize. This is a tough economy and cycle for younger people, and it's kyitty for all.
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Well don't feel too sorry for me. If I'm poor than poor people either have really good in this country or I'm really too dumb to know any better.
But as food, transportation, and shelter go up its the other places where you cut back. Looking at Food prices in Costco and Walmart yesterday...it made me cringe...have to think that's hurting a lot of people who didn't have room in a budget for some discretionary spending.
30 years ago the Oilers could barely get 8000 people to go to a game, and the Flames came next often reporting 13,000 after they had sold off the good players by the late 90's. So no doubt that's still in the back of the owners mind. Chances are a guy like Marray Edwards is probably a lot angrier when he loses a buck than I am, otherwise he wouldn't have made so many of them. Likewise those affluent enough to attend the games may just walk away after 4 years of watching a bad team that's still bad having better things to spend time and money on. But there will be that fear that once they lose those customers they may not come back when the on ice product finally gets better. So until the league can become more economically self sufficient without the gate I do think teams like Calgary may operate with the goal of keeping a full building and getting playoff games every year as opposed to setting out a 10 year long plan to try and build an elite team that will have 4 or 5 years where they have a realistic shot to win it all.