Re: Publish America Victim.
- From: "David V. Loewe, Jr" <daveloewe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:20:16 -0500
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:21:10 GMT, Brenda Clough <clough@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Sea Wasp wrote:
Gene Ward Smith wrote:
Sea Wasp <seawaspObvious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We ask taxpayers -- some of whom are pacifists -- to shell out
for weapons. We ask taxpayers -- some of whom believe in private
enterprise approaches to most things -- to shell out for Social
Security and a bunch of other social programs. We ask taxpayers --
some of whom do not drive -- to shell out for roads. All of these,
and many more, are done on the principle that society as a whole
benefits from having a strong defense, a social safety net for
certain things,
All of those, and many more--but not subsidizing professional
sports--can be given a reasoned justification. But in the case of
sports reason is out the window. It's pure fraudulent boondoggle.
Not according to some of the information posted here. The economic
benefit can be at least reasonably argued, and society as a whole
*CERTAINLY* benefits from a strong economy. A lot more than from a given
performing orchestra, I would think.
There are things that would improve the economy a ton more, than
building a pricey sports stadium. Head Start preschool programs
for all poor tots in the region, let us say. They're just not
as sexy.
Why?
Levitt and Dubner (aka the Freakonomics authors) "claim that Head
Start has been 'repeatedly' proven 'ineffectual in the long run.'"
--
"It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail."
- Gore Vidal, eludicating the creed of the 'Modern Liberal'
.
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