(February 8, 2015 at 6:02 am)Heywood Wrote:(February 8, 2015 at 2:23 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: The $11 million that the state has to shell out up front to build the interchange does matter. And if the Ark Encounter is only going to bring in 20% or less of the amount that was originally posited, do you think the anticipated numbers have no relevance to whether or not the state has a vested interest in giving incentives to the Ark Encounter? Even if there is a positive cash flow when all is said and done, is it worth $11 million up front plus lost tax revenue when you only reap $4.9 million over ten years? Maybe the answer is yes. But when Ken Ham is telling the state that he will reap them over $25 million in tax revenue when the reality is more like $5 mil, that is not a negligible difference.
I don't know anything about the state building an interchange, but it seems reasonable. However the state commissioned its own study and would likely rely on that not Ham's.
I don't give one shit why he wanted the Ark it is superfluous bullshit and as bad as the NFL paying no taxes and getting free stadiums all discrimination issues aside.
This isn't like building a police station, or fire house, or public school or library. This is superfluous crap, and on top of superfluous crap, crap intended on selling bullshit myth on my dime.
Ham wants to build his own Ark, he should raise his own money in the private sector, if he cant do that, fuck him.
Just like big business, religion should not be getting welfare at the expense of everyone else.
