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Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor
Why are fiscal conservatives like yourself for this project?
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I'm a big time fiscal conservative and I'm for this project for these reasons.
1) I'm a Flames fan
2) The economic benefit is substantial
3) The government spends money on way worse things
It does hurt when billionaires are the ones who benefit, but the sad reality is is that they always are. Look who gained all the wealth during Covid. It's simply the way our economic system works and it's almost impossible to prevent because they will always have options elsewhere like moving to London, setting up off shore accounts, investing in other jurisdictions, etc. If we don't provide government funding, the team could easily find a home elsewhere and it would be way worse for tax payers and the citizens than the 500+M investment they'll provide for this.