I doubt that RD misunderstands the purpose of the Olympics; I haven't seen him say anything to suggest that. What he cares about is the state of his country more than the event. Yes, the Olympics is a great big event that shows international unity, but it shouldn't come at the cost of a country's stability. It is, after all, a two week event, yet it has cost the British public over 9 billion pounds to put on. That's 9 billion pounds the country doesn't have. We're already in debt.
I don't think I should have to say this, but spending doesn't get you out of debt. Alright, sometimes it does, but the point here is that the calculation for how much the games would bring in revenue was done at the start, and we set the budget at 2 billion. That's now ballooned to over 9 billion. The same amount of revenue is brought in; we don't get four times the amount of revenue because we spent four times the amount of money; it doesn't work like that in this instance.
Yes, hosting the games is a great honour, but there are people starving on the streets, and there are people without jobs. The games got some people employed, but not for long. Which is more important, the games or the stability of the country? You might not care about the UK, but we have to live here, and some of us don't like the fact that the government focuses on events like this whilst ignoring the real problems.
I don't think I should have to say this, but spending doesn't get you out of debt. Alright, sometimes it does, but the point here is that the calculation for how much the games would bring in revenue was done at the start, and we set the budget at 2 billion. That's now ballooned to over 9 billion. The same amount of revenue is brought in; we don't get four times the amount of revenue because we spent four times the amount of money; it doesn't work like that in this instance.
Yes, hosting the games is a great honour, but there are people starving on the streets, and there are people without jobs. The games got some people employed, but not for long. Which is more important, the games or the stability of the country? You might not care about the UK, but we have to live here, and some of us don't like the fact that the government focuses on events like this whilst ignoring the real problems.
