The Buzz:
Gov. Charlie Crist said this morning he has "pretty much'' pledged to do whatever he can to help the Tampa Bay Rays get political help and money they need from the state to build a new 35,000-seat ballpark on the site of Al Lang Field in downtown St. Petersburg.
It's great to cut welfare services for poor people and instead focus on getting more welfare to corporations. And this is the best type of corporate welfare, too. We give a whole bunch of tax money to a private corporation for a totally unnecessary project which those corporations will make huge profits off of and give none of it back to the state. It's a win-win! Except for the people. (And, apparently, the baseball team that can't figure out how to win no matter how hard they try).
And, yes, I know that major league teams provide some jobs. But there are many more cost-efficient ways to bring jobs to the state. Jobs that are year-round, high-paying and stable.
