Romney and the Salt Lake City Olympics

[techs]

Why is he given credit for the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee showing a "surplus" of 40 million dollars? The Federal Goverment, due to Romney's lobbying, gave them 410 million dollars. That's right. Almost a half a billion dollars.
Without the Federal money the games would have lost 370 million dollars.

So why does Romney get credit for showing a surplus?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Olympics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympic_bid_scandal

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

What has Obama done that's so great.

 

[cubby1223]

What has Obama done that's so great.

Lost the Chicago 2016 Olympics.

 

[cubby1223]

Why is he given credit for the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee showing a "surplus" of 40 million dollars? The Federal Goverment, due to Romney's lobbying, gave them 410 million dollars. That's right. Almost a half a billion dollars.
Without the Federal money the games would have lost 370 million dollars.

So why does Romney get credit for showing a surplus?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Olympics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympic_bid_scandal

I hereby appoint you, techs, to be the new wikipedia citizen activist editor to correct the horribly partisan wikipedia information, and let the truth shine free!

 

[Spungo]

Lost the Chicago 2016 Olympics.

According to techs it's probably for the better. Winning Chicago just means another half billion dollars of money pissed away.

 

[tweaker2]

Romney alert! We must divert! lol

 

[Throckmorton]

Yes, Olympic games cost cities a lot of money that they don't make back. So does every other big sporting event.

 

[IronWing]

Lost the Chicago 2016 Olympics.

That's one point in Obama's favor.

 

[wetech]

Why is he given credit for the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee showing a "surplus" of 40 million dollars? The Federal Goverment, due to Romney's lobbying, gave them 410 million dollars. That's right. Almost a half a billion dollars.
Without the Federal money the games would have lost 370 million dollars.

So why does Romney get credit for showing a surplus?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Olympics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympic_bid_scandal

why are you linking to a bid scandal that happened 4-5 years prior to Romney taking over? Apparently not only is he responsible for Bain's actions 3 years after he left, but is also responsible for bribery scandals occuring prior to his tenure at the Olympics.