I'm not opposed to stadiums either, but I am opposed to the lies and distortions invoked to validate their construction. I would much prefer it if the politici

I'm not opposed to stadiums either, but I am opposed to the lies and distortions invoked to validate their construction. I would much prefer it if the politicians just came out and said 'we're going to spend your taxes on a great big stadium, because we will get to open it and name it, and you, the voters, like bread and circuses'. Wrapping tax-spends up as some sort of business case just muddies the waters for people when a real business case needs to be analysed. Perhaps the answer is that, for a jurisdiction, each time there is an election, a multiple choice question could be at the bottom. We wish to take one of the below actions, please indicate your preference: 1) increase tax by x and build stadium 2) increase tax by y and build hospital 3) increase tax by z and build new water reservoir 4) decrease tax by x and you decide what you want to do with it My remark is flippant but we seem to be entering a strange world where people believe jobs and taxes can only be created through the application of tax monies to politicians ideas.