Priorities, folks!

[nwhiker]

Washington state is in pretty pathetic financial shape. Tuition at state universities is out of control. We can barely cover basic needs in health and human services, and indeed those are getting cut and trimmed. We nickle-and-dime people with fees to attempt to make back a few pennies, and school funding is limit

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[camelsamba]

Wow - that is pathetic. Even without people voting against it, I find it pathetic when taxpayers fund stadiums that are almost exclusive domain of private enterprises.

[nwhiker]

I know.

I've noticed that the people who scream that we mustn't put any limits on what private enterprise can do (forcing them to comply with environmental and employment laws, for example) are the ones who are the first in line to say that public-private partnerships are Teh Awesome.