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Christ Rex, absolutely none of your posts carried over? Not even 1!?I like the free market and I love sports but I do not like this item because this sporting palace is paid for by a bond measure.
The article said that a third of voters approved the measure but everyone in Allen, TX has to pay taxes in order to pay back this debt. Furthermore, it is unlikely that 100% of Allen's eligible voters so what you have is half or more of the tax payers subsidizing an activity that should be paid for privately.
The people who voted "yes" on this bond measure, to build this monument to football, are the ones who are acting like Soviets (who also spent lavishly on sports while cutting essential services).
Check out that report I posted. Texas ranks near the bottom in the country in % of eligible voters registered, along with most measures.
On the topic of the Soviets and sports, NYRB blog has a post on The Olympics Arms Race that is very interesting.