“It’s a silly tax break,” said Matt Gardner, director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “It’s ludicrous that the federal government would be subsidizing state and local borrowing to give investors tax breaks to make it easier for them to build sports stadiums.”
February 5, 2015
Washington Post: It’s Time to Stop Letting Sports Team Owners Blackmail Taxpayers for New Stadiums
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