The Buda City Council even agreed to take the town's name off its water tower and replace it with the word "Cabela's." But government largess didn’t end there. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission provided Guadalupe bass, the official state fish, for the store's massive aquarium at no charge to the retailer. Wow. I am speechless. The ironic thing is that these stores are being built in what are almost exclusively conservative districts. It gives new meaning to 'free enterprise'.For example, state and local taxpayers borrowed $60 million to build a Cabela's store and its supporting infrastructure in Buda, Texas. For that amount, every household in the 7,600-person community could have purchased a new 2012 Lexus CT Hybrid.
There was a book on this called free lunch I think. Lots of papers on it too.
This here is the problem with the US. People with money and power will elevate their corporate bullshit to "we actually manufacture angels" if given the chance. No, sir, these are not museums. Consumerism is not a religion. And you receiving millions does not make your retail peddling a cultural icon."These aren’t just stores – they are natural history museums," he says.
I'd say yes, talking about an "invisible hand" that guides the "forces of the market" is cult/religious hootenanny. I am pretty frustrated at the national political/corporate landscape as a US American. It seems that somewhere along the line the concept of reality creation has been co-opted by marketing. OK OK ... enough grar. Kittens on a slide.