Arizona’s Booster Socialism
15th March 2008
Not to be confused with “boomer socialism”, which is a different gig that doesn’t pay as well.
Local governments have been so eager to engage in this “race to the bottom” of offering special breaks and subsidies to corporations who just might come to their community if the pot is sweetened enough that one might be forgiven for thinking it an immemorial custom. It ain’t.
Just once I’d like to see local voters say to, oh, a sports team, “Pay for your own goddam luxury-box-choked stadium”. Just once. Not a lot to ask.