I’ve loved baseball since I was a kid. But, at the same time, I don’t believe we, the people, the taxpayers, should spend a single dime to help build baseball stadiums, or any sports arena, for the rich people or corporations who own teams. Don’t believe the hype—these projects never pay back the subsidies doled […]
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Episode 112: A Con Job—Using Taxpayer Dough To Build A Stadium; A Progressive Economic Roadmap
Posted on 12 December 2018.
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The World Cup’s Dark Side: 37 Million People Left In Poverty
Posted on 27 June 2014.
Behind all the hoopla and fervor surrounding the World Cup, an inconvenient fact is forgotten: Brazil handed over a huge amount of money in tax breaks to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), much of it flowing into the pockets of huge multi-national corporations–money that roughly calculated would have lifted 37 million people out of poverty.
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