Progressives like NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio want Big Government to work for the deserving. So, the question is: How deserving are the New York Yankees and Sheik Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan?
The New York Daily News reports:
Sports owners may be the most subsidized class in America. Every year, we hear of a few new stadiums getting taxpayer subsidies.
Today, the Atlanta Tea Party filed a lawsuit to block subsidies for a new Atlanta Braves baseball stadium in Georgia’s Cobb County. Washington, D.C., is going to spend nine figures on a soccer stadium and charge the team $1 in rent. There are hundreds of examples of this.
(If the issue interests you, and you’re in D.C. on Thursday, come to a panel I’m moderating at AEI on the issue. Speakers will be Travis Waldron, Kevin Hassett, Dennis Coates and Steve Marsh.)
