Sports stadium deals hand even more taxpayer money to billionaires

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Sports stadium deals hand even more taxpayer money to billionaires

When Washington, D.C., agreed to hand over billions in land and tax breaks for a new Commanders football stadium, experts thought it would long remain an outlier in sweetheart deals for sports teams.

But just months later, attention turned to Kansas, where officials in December announced plans to fund 60% of a new stadium for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. The state committed to spending up to $1.8 billion — the largest-ever professional sports subsidy.

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[ZoWie]

Oh sure, LA has gone totally in the tank to sports money. I still have my Olympic uniform from the last games here, now I'm supposed to get ready for another one. Well I still have my 450mm telephoto, maybe I can sell some photos. Otherwise, done that.

[rainwater]

i read some meidas news and the gov magats are doling out huge amounts of millions to a wide gaggle of already wealthy cohorts in the thieving of mericas money.

[ZoWie]

That is true. The financial end of the upper class takeover is staggering in the amount of money that is currently changing hands. Trump has likely doubled his net worth in two years. Similar figures abound in his class. Elon Musk is bordering on becoming the world's first trillionaire.

When people of color loot the country, it's called a riot. When rich assholes do it, it's called sound economic policy.