WAPO Wants Kansas To Reject Pricey Chiefs New Dome Deal

A worthwhile op/ed if only for this money line . . .

"The state of Kansas is set to smash records for public-financed stadium deals, joining D.C. in that ignominious pantheon. The tentative agreement the state has made with the Chiefs directly provides $2.775 billion in public funding. This is likely far below the final price tag, with one estimate putting the total public cost at $6.3 billion over 30 years.

"Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) insists that the agreement includes “no new state taxes” and “no impact on the current state budget.” If it’s true that Kansas can give billions of dollars to the Chiefs without raising anyone’s taxes, that raises the question of why Kansas couldn’t spend this magic money on highways or education — or return it to the taxpayers it was taken from.

"What Kelly is actually doing is making a variation on the Republican argument that tax cuts pay for themselves. "

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Opinion | Kansas still has time to reverse course on an awful stadium subsidy

The Chiefs don't need billions in public support for a new stadium.

Article archive for anybody who wants it an only because we don't care about the billions of Bezos.