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DeSantis Harpoons the Tampa Bay Rays
Wall Street Journal ^ | June 6 2022 | Wall Street Journal Editorial Board

Posted on 06/22/2022 9:01:03 AM PDT by rintintin

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To: Jonny7797

“the taxpayers benefit from tax revenue and commerce that a team brings to the area”

The above statement is false.

Read and learn:

https://www.fieldofschemes.com/


41 posted on 06/22/2022 10:17:28 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg

Those stories don’t make my statement false. But as I said in another post, some deals suck and folks in government are not savvy enough to work good deals with these teams.


42 posted on 06/22/2022 10:25:15 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Jonny7797

“Those stories” are hundreds and hundreds of stadium deals.

If you know of one example where the numbers actually made sense, post that information.

I think you will be Unicorn hunting.


43 posted on 06/22/2022 10:30:55 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: shotgun

“Not a big fan of MLB but they can always move to Peoria, Arizona.”

And they can keep the name “Rays” given Peoria’s 300+ days of sunshine per year.


44 posted on 06/22/2022 10:35:19 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: jimwatx

“I only wish more states would start doing this”

Maybe they will as a result of DeSantis’ actions. I expect many/most taxpayers don’t have a clue their money is being spent this way, and this will raise awareness.

It would be an especially hard pill to swallow when so many are living paycheck to paycheck and paying the bazillion-dollar salaries of illiterate retards whose only claim to fame is being an athlete.


45 posted on 06/22/2022 10:53:34 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Joe Biden has been protected by assault weapons his entire adult life. )
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To: GreenHornet

There ya go... being logical. Good point.


46 posted on 06/22/2022 10:56:42 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Joe Biden has been protected by assault weapons his entire adult life. )
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To: jimwatx
I’m sick of taxpayer money being used to construct stadiums for their billionaire owners

One step further - I feel the same way about public and private colleges as well. Use the endowment funds first.

47 posted on 06/22/2022 11:00:31 AM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: Labyrinthos

Kotex could name the Team Tampa Bay Tampons and have a big
Maxipad electronic screen, and light it red once a month
period.


48 posted on 06/22/2022 11:04:26 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (f)
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To: Tell It Right

ROFL—sad but funny—I wonder if that Boston Manager ever worked at Disney?


49 posted on 06/22/2022 11:35:26 AM PDT by DaBroasta
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To: rintintin

Sitting in the bleachers at Fenway was lots of fun 25 years ago. $2-$3 was the tariff. Before I went inside I always ate an Italian sausage sandwich that came with fried peppers and onions. Real gut bombs but delicious. Outside Fenway there were 5 or so vendor’s selling them.

I don’t keep up with MLB these days.


50 posted on 06/22/2022 11:43:47 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: rintintin

It’s probably safe to assume that a healthy percentage of the denied money would have found its way to the pockets of politicians supporting the stadium. Let’s just recall how well the pols of Oakland were treated after welcoming the Raiders back to the city, along with the Coliseum’s renovation. Ignacio de la Fuente, a city council denizen, claimed he worked hard for his bennies at the hands of Al Davis..


51 posted on 06/22/2022 11:44:31 AM PDT by DPMD ( )
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To: Jonny7797

Everyone benefits from most economic activity. The govt doesn’t need to subsidise sports. In fact this should be a function of the Federal Reserve.


52 posted on 06/22/2022 11:44:37 AM PDT by Jumper ( )
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To: DaBroasta

Ref the Key & Peele bit on “ass slapping.”


53 posted on 06/22/2022 11:46:27 AM PDT by DPMD ( )
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To: rintintin

Rays play I a crappola stadium in a place inconvenient to get to.


54 posted on 06/22/2022 12:43:17 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 )
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