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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Obviously we all want better, higher paying jobs, but isn't it better to have a job than to not have a job? Kermitology: you said you worked there for 'years', so it couldn't have been that bad. And even if it were, was it not better to have that awful job than no job?
I am not saying that there won't be jobs without the Flames, or that a few dozen (or whatever) part time jobs are going to change the economy in any material way, I'm just saying that all jobs are a good job for somebody. So let's not pretend otherwise.
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Yeah, I worked there in high school and through the first part of university until the lockout.
It was a great job to make friends and you knew your schedule, but it paid terribly. When I started I made $5.25/hr.
I had to testify in court twice and nearly a third time but the crown decided not to proceed with trial.
Challenged Cory Sarich’s dad to a fight because I was tired of his drunken bull#### in 2004 when I was trying to de-escalate a fight between him and Flames fans.
My point is that while the Flames employ a lot of people, those jobs aren’t adding much to the local economy. Comparing the corporate subsidy of a hockey team to tax incentives for large businesses is vastly different.