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Sports and sporting events are a net harm to me. I don't attend, the traffic costs me, and I'm taxed for it. So team owners can get bent and start buying their
by spacemanmatt 5y ago
Sports and sporting events are a net harm to me. I don't attend, the traffic costs me, and I'm taxed for it. So team owners can get bent and start buying their own stadiums.
- colinmhayes 5y agoWe live in a society. The question that the government asks when deciding whether to do an intervention isn't "will this benefit spacemanmatt?" it's "will this benefit our community?" I'm sure the government does things that you like and others don't care for.
- spacemanmatt 5y agoThanks for that analysis but it's not about me. The point is benefits go to a very small minority, and that's not a sustainable way to govern.
- colinmhayes 5y ago> The point is benefits go to a very small minority 60% of Americans enjoy watching football according to https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108544/american-football-tv-audience/#:~:text=A%20January%202020%20survey%20showed,watching%20American%20Football%20on%20TV https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108544/american-footbal.... Even the 33% who strongly enjoy isn't a small minority. If a team decides to leave because the local city won't build them a stadium, it's very reasonable to think a majority of the local residents will be upset.
- spacemanmatt 5y agoIt's not a public good. It's a private enterprise and preferential entertainment, even if 99 or 100% of the population enjoy it.