Good to see Obama is on top of things

[droski]

But every four years the committee gets, what, a half dozen applications from the biggest cities around the world.

it's the same reason people will buy an nfl team for $500mil that is losing $4 mil a year. prestige. the people running these cities aren't going to pay for it and generally the voters are too stupid to realize it's not a good idea.

 

[Oldvol75]

it's the same reason people will buy an nfl team for $500mil that is losing $4 mil a year. prestige. the people running these cities aren't going to pay for it and generally the voters are too stupid to realize it's not a good idea.

Well said!:clapping:

 

[BigPapaVol]

it's the same reason people will buy an nfl team for $500mil that is losing $4 mil a year. prestige. the people running these cities aren't going to pay for it and generally the voters are too stupid to realize it's not a good idea.

Exactly. For a mayor and governor, the spending orgy accompanying the Olympics is a political windfall. Let's not pretend these cities asking are doing so for capitalistic reasons.

 

[utvolpj]

it's the same reason people will buy an nfl team for $500mil that is losing $4 mil a year. prestige. the people running these cities aren't going to pay for it and generally the voters are too stupid to realize it's not a good idea.

hey I wanted the new stadiums in AZ and made a whole lot of money off them. But I'm a greedy capitalist making money off the backs of the downtrodden so I'll leave now

 

[OrangeEmpire]

hey I wanted the new stadiums in AZ and made a whole lot of money off them. But I'm a greedy capitalist making money off the backs of the downtrodden so I'll leave now

God Bless you!