“stadium subsidies are a bad deal for the cities and states that make them. “Studies conclusively show subsidies create little to no new jobs and open gaping wounds to public finances,” Americans for Prosperity wrote last year. “The fancy new stadiums might be a good deal for the teams and politicians who voted for the funding, but they are a terrible deal for taxpayers.”
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Trump is not opposing subsidies for the Commanders’ new stadium because he has wised up to the economic case against public funding for private projects.
No, Trump opposes the project—in his telling—because the Commanders dared defy his wishes by switching the team’s name to one he doesn’t like as much.”