I, for one, am not troubled by the cost. Many things that are good to do are costly. This stadium has for many years been an insult the school kids who have had to use it. So spend the money to make it better.
And the Big Dig? Yes it was costly. But it was also the best thing that has happened to Boston in the almost 60 years I've lived here. Boston is a wealthy city. Spend money to make things better for people, and I'll have no objection to the large property tax I pay on my 1,800 square foot abode. Remember what Oliver Wendall Holmes said: "Taxes are the price we pay for in a civilized society." I'll pay for a civilized society with pleasure. That's the kind that everyone should live in.
Hi Casey - good points - and agreed that White Stadium was an insult to generations of Boston schoolchildren.
I, for one, am not troubled by the cost. Many things that are good to do are costly. This stadium has for many years been an insult the school kids who have had to use it. So spend the money to make it better.
And the Big Dig? Yes it was costly. But it was also the best thing that has happened to Boston in the almost 60 years I've lived here. Boston is a wealthy city. Spend money to make things better for people, and I'll have no objection to the large property tax I pay on my 1,800 square foot abode. Remember what Oliver Wendall Holmes said: "Taxes are the price we pay for in a civilized society." I'll pay for a civilized society with pleasure. That's the kind that everyone should live in.