SAY NO TO OUTDOORS RETAIL SUBSIDIES

Taxpayers are being ripped off around the country by outdoors industry retailers Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops. Both retail chains are demanding millions of dollars in state and local subsidies in exchange for building a new store. Cabela's brags about its "public-private partnerships" with state and local officials, and leverages communities against each other in an effort to gain greater taxpayer support for their profit-making enterprise. Subsidies for retail development of this kind are an inappropriate use of tax dollars, and an anti-competitive practice that should be stopped. This blog is dedicated to exposing and opposing the extortionate bullying of Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops. We will provide articles, commentary and links to educate and encourage grassroots citizen opposition to these unnecessary and inappropriate taxpayer subsidies.