Don't Fumble Our Funds, Oppose Stadium Subsidies

Stand Up for Taxpayers, Not Subsidizing Billion Dollar Sports Teams

Oppose Expensive Stadium Subsidies

Dear Representative and Senator:

Kansans are
struggling with higher gas prices and mounting inflation. Now is not the time
to give away resources that could be better spent enacting tax reform or other
policies Kansans instead of picking winners and losers in business and lining
the pockets of a few developers.
As a Kansas taxpayer, we urge you to oppose ANY subsidizing of
BILLIONAIRES at the expense of everyday Kansans for sports stadiums and pet projects!
If multi-billion dollar sports franchises want new stadiums or arenas, it should
not be paid for by burdening Kansas taxpayers.
- This allows for taxpayers to fund 100% of the stadium
  with developers and franchise owners having no skin in the game.
- Kansas City, Kansas has some of the lowest income
  citizens in the state, imposing new and higher sales tax on them will on
  greater harm them and divide communities
- The STAR Bond program is notorious for defaults and
  failures around the state putting local communities and state taxpayers on
  the hook for billions over decades of repayment.
- 130 studies have been complied to show that the
  economic benefit from subsidies such as this one almost never make good on
  their promises
There’s any number of reasons to oppose this egregious
waste of taxpayer resources. Please do your part to stand up for Kansans and
promote fiscal responsibility by opposing this corporate welfare SUBSIDY FOR
BILLIONAIRES!
Kansans are

Sincerely,

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Kansas residents are struggling to make ends meet, and yet it’s not stopping the elected officials from pushing for $2 billion in tax subsidies to pay for a new stadium and entertainment district. Study after study from Stanford University to University of Michigan and economists on all sides of the political spectrum have concluded that sports stadiums do not generate enough revenue to pay for themselves.

With soaring gas prices and mounting inflation for all Kansans, we believe that’s where the focus of legislators should be, not with sports stadiums. Please sign this petition if you believe that legislators should vote NO to expanding the already failed STAR bond program to fund sports stadiums.