labour gave 8 million taxpayer dollars to a rugby team

[Praktica]

Not nearly as many as could have been provided by the tax breaks given to landlords

There were never any tax breaks for landlords. There was a huge tax burden placed on them when interest no longer qualified as a taxable expense. We'll never know how many were pushed out of the business because of that and at least it has been reversed and the business is now back on a level playing field in that area.

How many businesses had expectation of a large capital gain when they sold their "business assets"? My heart bleeds for the landlords who were pushed out...perhaps the houses they sold went to those looking to buy to live in them...