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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (321370)1/17/2007 5:56:26 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1578137
 
And subsidizing the stadiums to the advantage of the owners isn't wrong [practically and morally]?

Do you enjoy ignoring what I write and then pretending I've written something else?

I've statement my opposition to the subsidies again and again, both in this conversation and in others on SI.

In this particular instance, I am using the term to describe the control over an industry by a group of people [oligarchs].....the baseball industry to be specific.

So A-Rod, Manny Ramirez, Jeter and Barry Bonds control the baseball industry? Even by your definition they are not oligarchs.

The owners might be, but they aren't by the normal definition. You point is that you don't think the MLB owners should control "the baseball industry"? How would you structure things so they don't? Do you really think that we could or should support several major leagues in each sport? To the extent that it could happen it would probably result in higher salaries for the top players, which you've been consistently arguing against, but I don't think that any such system is likely. Or do you think that eliminating public subsidies for privately owned sports stadiums would keep the owners from controlling their teams and the league? It wouldn't. It would be a good idea (practically and morally) but it wouldn't achieve your apparent objective.

Its unsound economic policy for municipalities to be building these sports palaces that rarely pay for themselves.

Its certainly unsound for the government to subsidize them. Which is why I've consistently opposed it for as long as I've had any opinions about the issue. What makes you think its ok with me?
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