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Sports Teams Tax Subsidies
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:12 am
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:12 am
With the stance that pro teams and their owners have taken to get involved with politics why are taxpayers still footing the bill for their stadiums and direct payments to the teams? If Gayle Benson wants to have the Saints and or Pelicans support all this bullshite why should the taxpayers be forced to cover her bottom line?
ETA: Gayle not Rita owns the saints/pelicans
ETA: Gayle not Rita owns the saints/pelicans
This post was edited on 9/10/20 at 8:20 am
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Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:13 am to MsState of mind
They shouldn't.
Maybe that's next on GOAT POTUS plate.
I still think this is a reset of some form.
Maybe that's next on GOAT POTUS plate.
I still think this is a reset of some form.
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:15 am to MsState of mind
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why are taxpayers still footing the bill for their stadiums and direct payments
I'm gonna get pretty far out here on a limb and say because the economic benefits are way more than the cost.
Pretty high level stuff, here.
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:18 am to MsState of mind
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If Rita Benson wants to have the Saints and or Pelicans
Doesn't Gayle own the teams?
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:30 am to MsState of mind
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With the stance that pro teams and their owners have taken to get involved with politics why are taxpayers still footing the bill for their stadiums and direct payments to the teams? If Gayle Benson wants to have the Saints and or Pelicans support all this bull shite why should the taxpayers be forced to cover her bottom line?
Even before the BLM arse sucking and licking , I thought it was a crime to steal tax money and build stadiums and arenas for BILLIONAIRES.
I truly believe politicians are getting kickbacks for approving the bullshite.
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:45 am to MsState of mind
Taxpayers and tourists get raked by these pro team owners.
- funds (municipal taxes) could be WAY better spent
- 6.5% stadium taxes on rental cars from airport (added to city/state/airport taxes)
- hotel taxes (Atlanta charges 31%, and I am NOT exaggerating)
Benefits?? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Georgia Dome was 19 years old when they broke ground on MB Stadium?? NINETEEN YEARS??? frick YOU NFL!!
ETA: Another annoying example, when I lived in Houston, the city charged $20 to park at Astrodome/Reliant, for almost every event. As a taxpayer, I found that to be utter theft, to charge that much for a parking lot that has been in use since ~1964!
- funds (municipal taxes) could be WAY better spent
- 6.5% stadium taxes on rental cars from airport (added to city/state/airport taxes)
- hotel taxes (Atlanta charges 31%, and I am NOT exaggerating)
Benefits?? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Georgia Dome was 19 years old when they broke ground on MB Stadium?? NINETEEN YEARS??? frick YOU NFL!!
ETA: Another annoying example, when I lived in Houston, the city charged $20 to park at Astrodome/Reliant, for almost every event. As a taxpayer, I found that to be utter theft, to charge that much for a parking lot that has been in use since ~1964!
This post was edited on 9/10/20 at 9:02 am
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:58 am to MsState of mind
Its cronyism, millionaire/billionaires want to be paid by the taxpayer to fund their business.
I'm all for the stopping of taxpayer assistance for my local/state government as it pertains to most businesses especially ones as non-essential as sports.
Btw, the anti-trust exemptions need to be pulled by congress as well, let them all compete like everyone else.
Most likely, although the devil is in the details of the tax exemptions, tax incentives, tax payer funding of facilities, etc. But either way its cronyism at the least.
I'm all for the stopping of taxpayer assistance for my local/state government as it pertains to most businesses especially ones as non-essential as sports.
Btw, the anti-trust exemptions need to be pulled by congress as well, let them all compete like everyone else.
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Let me get this straight, you think if the Saints and Pelicans left the state it would be a net positive financially for the state?
Most likely, although the devil is in the details of the tax exemptions, tax incentives, tax payer funding of facilities, etc. But either way its cronyism at the least.
This post was edited on 9/10/20 at 9:02 am
Posted on 9/10/20 at 9:24 am to MsState of mind
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support all this bullshite why should the taxpayers be forced to cover her bottom line?
Even without the BS, why are they doing business on the taxpayer's dime? Why is government propping up a private business that serves no purpose other than entertainment?
Posted on 9/10/20 at 10:25 am to MsState of mind
I think now that they lost more fans the tax payers will fight the higher taxes to pay for the stadiums.
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