<The businesses that benefit, also benefit the
employees working for those businesses from
cooks, hotel managers, valets, and many others
in the hospitality industry for just one example:
Philadelphia, where the Republican Convention was held.>
Government doesn't build hotels, businesses make investments if they have any money left after paying corporate income taxes and various other taxes the Gov't imposes. They also are forced to comply with over-regulation that further drives their costs up.
<Philadelphia built a convention center with State, local
Federal subsidies ie.(taxes). This in turn led to the building of more hotels, many of which were converted outdated office bldgs....These hotels also received
subsidies and low interest loans from Federal, State and
local sources. Only through having more hotel rooms was the
city able to attract the Republican Convention even though
the convention was held at the First Union Center.>
Your true liberal colors come out here as you seem to believe it is okay for Philly to use taxes to build a convention center, but further down you attack GWB without even knowing whether he received funding for the Ranger's baseball stadium, which was built before he became a part owner. The baseball team, which receives no tax benefits, a true entrepreneurship, creates a heck of a lot more job opportunities than any convention center.
<The convention, tourism and hospitality industries
instigated by this mix of Federal, State and local
dollars replaced a lot of industrial jobs lost to third
world countries.>
Let's hear it for your poor overpaid union brothers. Unions outlived their usefulness when their leaders sold out to the Democrats rather than concentrating on fairness for their members.
<Conventioners, tourists and Rebuplican delegates
patronize businesses...yes, but also these businesses
employ workers. These workers live downtown
closer to their jobs which increases the demand
for rental properties, which increases the rents of property
onwers like me (so I've benefitted directly). The
conversion of old obsolete office buildings into
hotels, tightened the office space market which
helped to tighten rental space which also increased
demand. All the new tourist and convention businesses
required professional lawyers and architects during
planning and construction workers during building.
I'm a designer so again I benefitted.>
Again, why are most cities privatizing services? Because most Gov't agencies are inefficient and reward time on the job rather than performance. 99% of the benefits you mentioned come from private business rather than public. If conventions are a lucrative business, you can bet a corporation will take up the slack.
<These construction workers and professionals
and employees paid rent or bought/renovated homes
thus home depot and electricians/plumbers
also benefitted>
This is quite a stretch that a small contribution from the city supports all of Philly.
<All of this was largely instigated by public spending.
This is only a small part of the "ripple effect".
In general, dollars spent by cops, teachers, and
others whose salaries are paid for by tax dollars provide
revenues to businesses that EMPLOY people from
grocery stores to hardware stores to home builders.>
As I stated in my earlier post, that is trickle down economics.
<Now how else are you benefitted by the government?
Just one example.
Well the home builder has to build in accordance with standards to ensure you have a safely built home.
Regulations we all benefit from, but some go too far,
while others don't go far enough.
Companies that were left alone to police themselves were
the reason why we have regulations. You do like
clean water don't you?>
You liberals love to use scare tactics. I for one don't think that corporations are out there trying to pollute the water like Democrats try to convince the uninformed that the Republicans are doing. As for the regulations, our economy loses billions of dollars complying with needless regulations brought on by scare-mongering democrats and the ACLU. Do you also believe that the guns and cigarettes kill people by themselves? No, it takes a human to cause the action. You're arguments follow typical liberal patterns and are very tiresome because they have been proven to be false again and again.
<As for arenas, depending how they are financed
and where they are built does and doesn't have
a beneficial economic impact upon communities.
Urban locations have helped towards the revitalization
of many inner cities.
But unfortunately the biggest beneficiaries of many
sports facilities built with tax dollars have been
the owners of the teams, who make out like bandits,
since the value added to the teams through the
new stadiums help increase the selling price of those
teams and the capital gains received by these
selling team owners......like....Dubya....for example.>
As stated earlier, your true colors show right thru on this one.
<What was Dubya's investment? What was his payout?
What amount of the stadium was built with tax payers
dollars? Nothing like taxing the poor to give to the
rich...>
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