I recently called someone out (on Facebook) on their bullshit after they made a disparaging comment on Chafee and the $75M load to 38 Studios.
Him: So let me get this straight rhode island has enough money to give a video game company 75 mil...but the children in west warwick can't afford to play sports??
Me: Video game companies = jobs, jobs = money, money = less debt + poverty. Had it worked out, $75M would have turned into over $100M. It was a failed attempt, but it was never a bad idea.
Him: No sports or band at school = unhappy students, unhappy students = bad grades, bad grades = no college, no college = no people to give those jobs to
Me: Clearly if students don't have sports or band they will be unhappy, everyone at high school either does in-school sports or is involved in the band, and they are all happy and get good grades.
Except that's not true at all, and there is no data to back up that assertion.
Additionally you're suggesting that the only jobs that could be made would be entirely from West Warwick, a point I don't need to elaborate on for it to be blatantly incorrect.
Finally, I encourage you to look over this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan ; upon completion, perhaps you may see why investing $75M into a company with potential for massive profits might be worth not focusing attention on a single minority of a single town.
(PS: I did some research. West Warwick has both sports teams and a band. http://www.westwarwickpublicschools.com/education/school/school.php?sectionid=7 . gg)
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He never did respond.
(also, we're both Rhode Islanders, which is why the topic came up.)