re: KC voters vote against tax extensions for stadium upgrades for Chiefs/Royals

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Let these mega wealthy owners self-finance in exchange for a tax deduction after the fact based on the local tax revenue earnings. Sports teams are not public works so they shouldn’t get direct taxpayer funding.

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This is just a different way of skinning the same cat.

Make them pay for the stadium straight up. No tax breaks. They have billions of dollars, they’ll be fine. The incentive is the huge stadium that they will get to profit from for years. This idea that we need to seduce billionaires with free taxes and tax payer money is just so silly.