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Originally Posted by Dalreg
Get over it that a lot of people in this province do not want their tax dollars going to this stadium.
Honestly most people outside of Regina would rather spend their tax dollars on something useful, maybe fix a highway or two. Maybe a new hospital, schools, etc....
A domed stadium for Regina that will sit empty 300+days a year is not one of them. Keep your tax dollars in Regina then. The rest of the province would come out ahead if they didn't have to prop up the government town that Regina is.
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Are you serious? Get a grip. As a taxpayer from Regina I pay for a hell of a lot of virtually unused highways that I will never drive on. I pay for schools outside the city that stay open with enrollments of 60 students while city schools close when they dip below 200 students. (and high schools when they have fewer than 400 students) I subside rural phone and internet rates through Sasktel, I subside STC so that rural folks can get around using unprofitable bus routes that no private company would ever run.
I'm paying for a new hospital in Saskatoon that I will never ever use as well as an art gallery I will never step foot in. I doubt I will ever go to the new arena in Melville or Estevan yet I've helped pay for both.
As for propping up the govt town, don't even get me started on propping up agriculture. I could go on and on.
Fact is, we all share the burden for one another. Another fact is, Regina has not received its share of the payout for a long time, considering 20% of the province lives in its CMA. We don't complain when everyone else gets their share and we would hope for the same from you.