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According to the news reports the Olympic games are starting in Turino Italy in about two weeks and Olympic fever is at a low eb. Could it be the cost of mounting the games? Perhaps the residents of Torino are anticipating the huge bill they will be stuck with after the games.
With the 2010 Games looming here in BC we are already aware of the huge costs to tax payers. The Vancouver Olympic committee has informed us the 2010 games are already over budget. That does not bode well with the locals. It leads me to wonder:
Are the Oympics really necessary?
I vote, no, we can find better ways to spend our tax dollars. We have homeless people needing shelter; roads and bridges that are outdated and can't handle our high volume of traffic; hospitals are undertaffed. The list goes on and on. For the two weeks we will be hosting the Olympics and the huge tax bill we will be stuck with, it's hardly worth it.
With the 2010 Games looming here in BC we are already aware of the huge costs to tax payers. The Vancouver Olympic committee has informed us the 2010 games are already over budget. That does not bode well with the locals. It leads me to wonder:
Are the Oympics really necessary?
I vote, no, we can find better ways to spend our tax dollars. We have homeless people needing shelter; roads and bridges that are outdated and can't handle our high volume of traffic; hospitals are undertaffed. The list goes on and on. For the two weeks we will be hosting the Olympics and the huge tax bill we will be stuck with, it's hardly worth it.
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