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I think the better question would be, why is the state with the 8th largest world economy so broke they can't pay for a parade? Why aren't the politicians getting fired by the barrel full for spending the 8th largest world economy into bankruptcy?

All the 'foot the bill for the parade' controversy is really doing is shining the spotlight on the incompetence of California politicians in power.

Maybe teams should pay for their own parades, but as long as governments want to have their say in where/how they are ran, they should foot their share of the bill