Nathan Benefield posted on 12/9/2009 11:46:00 AM
Yes, this would indeed apply to stadium subsidies. Normally, they set up a local government agency (municipal stadium authority or something of the nature), to receive the state funding, and thus run around the limits on state debt for private companies.

This may be what they do for Harley, though in both cases, it is simply trying to find a loophole to eschew the Constitutional prohibition.

David Goossen posted on 12/9/2009 11:34:00 AM
Does not the corporate welfare doled out, several years ago, to Professional teams, located in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, guarnateeing them new multi-million dollar stadiums so that these teams would not leave the state fall under this constitution law? Or was that just another one of Big Eddie's generous donation courtesy of the taxpayer?

jiffy posted on 12/5/2009 8:26:00 AM
Totally agree. At some point, however, some leading GOP figure has to make this an issue. If you recall, the Governor-elect of NJ was just over here praising Ed's efforts in regard to corporate welfare as a good thing and a model to follow. I certainly heard no concerted complaints from political leaders to the rape of the taxpayer by this corporation. I would point out that Acorn got several hundred thousand from the state and several million from the feds. We heard about that for months. We even had 60 minute style stings. This one welfare queen company just held us up for fifteen million dollars and it is a piker compared to the Wall Street welfare queens, Hank Paulson and Jaimie Dimon.

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