True Patriot Love - June 24, 2026


Billionaire Bailout: Empty Condos vs. National Soccer Team #fifa

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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

166.28

Word count

192

Sentence count

2


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In this episode, I talk about my thoughts on the proposed $1.25 billion subsidy for the MLS World Cup and why I don't think it's a good idea. I also talk about why we should not subsidize private developers to keep them from going bankrupt.

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00:00:00.000 3.2 billion dollar subsidy to buy over 2 000 empty condos that were built by a handful of
00:00:06.320 billionaire real estate developers so yes i think the 1 billion for the soccer which unites the
00:00:12.960 entire nation of all languages and cultures is way better money spent than that do i think we
00:00:18.480 should be subsidizing private developers to keep them from going bankrupt no no no we should allow
00:00:23.840 the natural process of of business to evolve well how about not building a 350 square foot
00:00:29.200 conduit of million dollars maybe that's the reason it's unsold exactly right they they were taking
00:00:34.720 leaps unfathomable leaps and you know what but no i don't believe we should bail them out but i also
00:00:40.880 believe that we shouldn't start projects at 45 million and end up at 380 million in a city
00:00:47.520 um well okay yeah i will concede the initial budget estimate by and i've known him a long
00:00:53.360 time sorry john but john tory and his staff was criminally underrated they knew there's
00:00:59.120 no way they thought they could bring the games in at that price point that's not possible