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Rio do Janeiro mayor questions Brasilia’s 2016 Olympic Games policy
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro has said it is a shame his city will be hosting the Olympic Games in 2016 because Brazil lacks a sports policy. Eduardo Paes said that his city should not pay for high performance athletes. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWhat... on earth... does that sub-headline mean? Government “paying for athletes?” No “sports policy?” A city requires a sports policy? Maybe the translators were just half-asleep...
Aug 22nd, 2013 - 01:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0And of all people, Eduardo Paes is saying the money should be invested in health and education? He's missing out on a chance to corral enough money together to invest in precisely those things, but here he is throwing toys out of the playpen like a child. At least everyone will be poor, right Vossa Excelência? We can invest what little money's left after each guy gets his cut to nourish the already overused government trough, no? Well, at least the people will accept for a moment that your government isn't exploiting them, right? *eye roll*
Seriously, these guys in Brasília and the major cities are going to fumble the next two-and-a-half years shamefully if they don't get their act together on these projects... it has taken long enough.
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Aug 22nd, 2013 - 11:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0And you are surprised?
@2 I'm young and naive. Not naive enough to accept the PT/PMDB narrative, but even the blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. As I have personal connections in Brazil, I don't want them to fumble the nut. We'll see...
Aug 22nd, 2013 - 12:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@3
Aug 22nd, 2013 - 03:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I live next door to them and really want them to make it but they seem determined to screw everything up.
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