Could not agree with you more, but you are barking at the moon.
Even were sports teams and stadiums to come off public welfare, it will have little impact on school funding, as it is an article of faith among the teabaggers that all teachers are overpaid, underworked, and lazy, and that school districts are a huge waste of taxpayer dollars.
If you doubt this, just check the rantings and ravings by A2.com “readers” (their comments indicate they seldom actually read the article on which they are commenting) anytime there is an article about school funding and/or teacher layoffs
]]>But don’t forget college stadiums. The non-profit U-of-M is building a $226 million stadium and will reap the benefits of people buying luxury suites, and then writing them off on their taxes.
Close the loophole that allows 80 percent of cost of buying a suite to be tax deductable.
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