I haven’t been to the Twins stadium yet. I hear it’s pretty neat; for all the taxpayermoney that went into it, and after the ramdown that Henco taxpayers got that led to the taxing and spending, it’d better

“Candice”, from the tack-spitting conservative blog Randomly Candice, observes:

The only place I’ve ever watched baseball was the Metrodome. Though over the past few years, I began to HATE going to games there. The ONLY things I liked about the ‘dome were the Dome Dogs, that awesome windtunnel effect when you left the game, it’s close proximity to 35W and 20+ years of baseball memories. I wanted a new stadium. During the ‘Great Minnesota Stadium Debate’ I felt torn, we needed a new ballpark, one that wasn’t shared with the Vikings and monster truck rallies. I wanted a stadium that captured the essence of baseball, not the feeling of claustrophobia while walking the concourse trying to make my way to my seat. But I didn’t want it paid for with taxpayer money. I didn’t think that was asking too much.

I read the paper, watched the news, and instead of seeing civil compromises, it felt like I was watching hostage negotiations. “Give us the money or we’re selling the team to [some guy] and he might move it to [randomly chosen city].” These guys were better than mexican drug cartel kidnappers!! The state really had no other option but to cave and let Hennepin county cover the $392 million tab. (Thanks Tim Pawlenty!!)

And she notes the problem that is going to hurt a lot of the current tax-hawkery that’s going around, if we’re not careful:

My problem with this lies in the fact that now that Target Field has been built, and the 2010 season has started, many people are forgetting how it came to be. Don’t get me wrong, I am so in love with this ballpark that I can’t really put it into words. I’m excited for the season and I cannot wait to get to a game. (Especially since I will be getting tickets from uncle Mark, who has seats in the first row right above the Twins dugout!! *brag*) I also know that the whole baseball experience will be better for thousands of Minnesotans each summer. I LOOOOOVE that!!

What I don’t love is that now that we have this beautiful ballpark there’s a feeling of “Well, it’s over and done with, can’t change it now, lets enjoy the hell outta it!!” But there’s the sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach because this isn’t the end, it’s the beginning.

She’s referring to the queue of teams that’ll be lining up for their own stadiums and arenas – but it’s actually much worse than that.

Protesting against something that hasn’t happened yet.  But people will adapt to anything (especially when the IRS and the MN Dept of Revenue gives you no choice but to adapt).  Worse than that – turning something back is ten times as hard as stopping it in the first place.

Which is, of course, why the Administration and the Democrats in Congress rammed Healthcare down has hard as they did; something that’s in place is vastly harder to roll back than a mere proposal.

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