Posted on 08/26/2017 5:27:17 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Why are taxpayers shelling out billions in corporate welfare to subsidize the insulting of the American flag an anthem?
Defund these thugs. If the NFL can't survive on its own, shut it down. The teams are making over a billion a year. They don't even need these subsidies.
Handy list of the ‘incentives’:
https://cbsminnesota.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/nfl-funding-summary-12-2-11.pdf
Well worth it. No price is too high when it comes to making sure that patriotic Americans continue to be insulted and mocked by our multi-millionaire elites.
Wait, what am I saying? They're not "our" elites. They're the elites of the world, of the universe. They only choose to live in the United States because it happens to be the place where they can make all that money.
I wonder why that is?
Thanks for posting this. The NFL is expert in socializing risk and privatizing profit.
Amen.
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Not so fast. Here in Tampa Bay, the idiot voters said yes to a 1/2 cent tax to fund a new stadium, when we already had a stadium, right next to the new one.
“Why are taxpayers shelling out billions in corporate welfare to subsidize the insulting of the American flag an anthem?”....
Think about the millions spent on the newly built Minnesota Vikings stadium. Subsidized money too? Another major waste. More money spent for “losers” but the losers, as the article states, are the tax payers.
The NFL has become so dysfunctional it's beyond salvation. Last year, players were told they couldn't wear 911 memorial badges. But it's okay for stars who make millions of dollars to play a game to not show respect to those who served in wars to protect that right?
My commenting about the Vikings stadium appears to be premature since, having reviewed the list of those stadiums who DID receive federal funds, DID NOT include the new Viking stadium. Perhaps that was an “old” list or they DID NOT receive federal funds. (My guess an old list).
No matter which way it goes, tax payers money should NOT be used for such. There are way too many other IMPORTANT places for that funding to be directed towards.
A clear picture of how government money controls.
When the owner of the Dolphins pitched the city on paying for the stadium, they said that if it was such a good deal, then why didn’t he do it without them? I guess he had not even thought of that, but once he went over the figures again he agreed with them and financed the stadium himself.
Capitalism at work . . .
Pittsburgh had a vote on building new stadiums. We were told there was no plan B and if the vote failed, it was done. The voters voted No and yet we sit here with two new stadiums paid for with tax dollars. The funny thing is that we were still paying for Three Rivers stadium while they were rigging it to be imploded. Tax dollars thrown down the rathole.
As bad as the NFL is and to lesser degrees the other leagues I think the Olympics are worse. And as far as individual stadiums go how about the Blue Jays Skydome/Rogers Center. Governement built it entirely to the tune of around 500 million and then many years later sells it to the Jays for 25 million. Great deal eh?
Stadiums... what a waste of money.
Thanks to Liz.
Any politician who votes to subsidize the multi-billionaires of the NFL should be voted out of office. Get names...
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Crony capitalism.
What an opportunity for an online class.
It could have real social benefit by raising the awareness of the taxpaying slubs saddled with this single-purpose venues.
We have to keep tackling the NFL over and over again till the populace and the politicians wake up to the fact we ain't gonna take it laying down anymore.
Leni
Apple just juiced $200 million of incentives from Iowa. That’s called negotiating. All businesses that are desired by local and state governments do it. Not doing so would be dumb. NFL owners, by and large, aren’t dumb. Especially not on basic business ideas like don’t pay for things you don’t have to.
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