Tag: corporate welfare
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Blank’s boondoggle: $1 billion and counting
Shame on city and state officials if they neglect real needs to build this monument to corporate welfare. The estimated $948 million pricetag for a retractable roof stadium for the Atlanta Falcons would probably prove to be significantly low, experts say, adding to questions about how the facility would be paid for. Two professors who […]
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No refunds for the subsidisers
Let’s say 10 years from now — long after the Georgia General Assembly approves public funding for a new Falcons stadium (shouldn’t that be put to a statewide referendum?) — NFL owners preside over another lockout. A prolonged work stoppage ensues. Who will reimburse the taxpayers who funded the stadium, the ones misled to believe […]
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