Comments on: The Ricketts Family Is Tired Of Taxes (Unless They Pay For The Cubs ST Facility) http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/the-ricketts-family-is-tired-of-taxes-unless-they-pay-for-the-cubs-st-facility Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:50:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ben Schwartz http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/the-ricketts-family-is-tired-of-taxes-unless-they-pay-for-the-cubs-st-facility/comment-page-1#comment-1337536 Ben Schwartz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:24:29 +0000 http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/?p=21783#comment-1337536 See Rob, outside of 35th Street or the St. Louis area, this Cub hate just doesn't sell. See Rob, outside of 35th Street or the St. Louis area, this Cub hate just doesn’t sell.

]]> By: Zellah60609 http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/the-ricketts-family-is-tired-of-taxes-unless-they-pay-for-the-cubs-st-facility/comment-page-1#comment-1337200 Zellah60609 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:18:17 +0000 http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/?p=21783#comment-1337200 Insert appropriate Freddy Garcia quote here.... Insert appropriate Freddy Garcia quote here….

]]> By: Rob Warmowski http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/the-ricketts-family-is-tired-of-taxes-unless-they-pay-for-the-cubs-st-facility/comment-page-1#comment-1337199 Rob Warmowski Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:08:07 +0000 http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/?p=21783#comment-1337199 Absolutely true, Lulu: legislation can be defeated by informed outcry. So let's hope that happens. In the meantime, let's not apologize for systematic public subsidy of private assets nor whip out the civics textbooks far more quickly than the owners of those assets whip out their checkbooks. It's possible Congressman McCornish just woke up one morning and out of the blue decided that public service and Ricketts service were one and the same. It could also be that the Congressman did that without once getting the idea that the Cubs might move to someplace more legislatively friendly. It's also possible that the Cubs might win a pennant. Absolutely true, Lulu: legislation can be defeated by informed outcry. So let’s hope that happens. In the meantime, let’s not apologize for systematic public subsidy of private assets nor whip out the civics textbooks far more quickly than the owners of those assets whip out their checkbooks.

It’s possible Congressman McCornish just woke up one morning and out of the blue decided that public service and Ricketts service were one and the same. It could also be that the Congressman did that without once getting the idea that the Cubs might move to someplace more legislatively friendly.

It’s also possible that the Cubs might win a pennant.

]]> By: Lulu http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/the-ricketts-family-is-tired-of-taxes-unless-they-pay-for-the-cubs-st-facility/comment-page-1#comment-1337192 Lulu Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:14:15 +0000 http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/?p=21783#comment-1337192 The Ricketts didn't draft the bill, Rep. McCornish did. If the voters don't want it to happen, then they need to call their State Representatives and tell them so. It's the legislative process that determines whether this happens, not the Ricketts. However, judging from how the entire area benefits from the Cubs franchise and how other teams are intended to benefit from this bill, too, it's certainly worth the citizens' consideration. Get educated and then vote the way you want, citizens, because that's your job. The Ricketts didn’t draft the bill, Rep. McCornish did. If the voters don’t want it to happen, then they need to call their State Representatives and tell them so. It’s the legislative process that determines whether this happens, not the Ricketts. However, judging from how the entire area benefits from the Cubs franchise and how other teams are intended to benefit from this bill, too, it’s certainly worth the citizens’ consideration. Get educated and then vote the way you want, citizens, because that’s your job.

]]> By: Ben Schwartz http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/the-ricketts-family-is-tired-of-taxes-unless-they-pay-for-the-cubs-st-facility/comment-page-1#comment-1336763 Ben Schwartz Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:52:50 +0000 http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/?p=21783#comment-1336763 If the Cubs are going to be America's Team then America can at least pay for a Spring Training stadium. If the Cubs are going to be America’s Team then America can at least pay for a Spring Training stadium.

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