Video: John Oliver shames billionaire sports team owners for shaking down U.S. taxpayers

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One of American taxpayers’ most baffling traits is their willingness to support using public funds to subsidize stadium construction for professional sports teams that are often owned by billionaires. The most shameless tricks that franchise owners use to get their stadium projects approved by taxpayers is to threaten to move to another city if they don’t get their ways. John Oliver this week called B.S. on these sleazy tactics in a hilarious rant about billionaire owners shaking down American taxpayers for stadium cash.

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