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In reply to the discussion: Aren't Taxpayer Subsidies of Pro Football Stadiums & Pro Basketball Arenas Socialism? [View all]OldEurope
(1,273 posts)10. No. It is what Roman Emperors did to deflect from the fact that...
ancient Rome was no longer a republic. Panem et circenses - bread and games - would keep the majority of the people quiet.
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Aren't Taxpayer Subsidies of Pro Football Stadiums & Pro Basketball Arenas Socialism? [View all]
dlk
Mar 2019
OP
Public money for a few wealthy, claimed to be for public good, but less thasn 50% like football.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2019
#22
But the jobs they bring to the community! Peanut, popcorn, pizza slice, and beer
NCjack
Mar 2019
#20
Oh, come on. What about the Murder Capital of the US? Where The Wire was filmed?
erronis
Mar 2019
#35
It's not Socialism if public money goes to rich White guys. See the Wall Street bailout.
Yavin4
Mar 2019
#11
What do you call it when the franchise loans the city the money to do the legally required...
Brother Buzz
Mar 2019
#18
I think it is more like blackmail than socialism. First the team owners get a stadium or arena
dameatball
Mar 2019
#28
That's the point where they should be evicted. "Find someone else to fleece, ya bums!"
NBachers
Mar 2019
#39
Only if it comes from the mouth of a liberal...if it is said by a repug
Ferrets are Cool
Mar 2019
#37