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In reply to the discussion: Aren't Taxpayer Subsidies of Pro Football Stadiums & Pro Basketball Arenas Socialism? [View all]dameatball
(7,396 posts)28. I think it is more like blackmail than socialism. First the team owners get a stadium or arena
built and then 10-12 years later when the owners consider it "outdated" (means not as profitable to them as it could be), they threaten to move to another city or state unless they get what they want.
The sad part is the city/county leaders usually cave in and eminent domain forces people from their homes just to appease the billionaires..
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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