If you had the choice, would you take the money and
Spend it on making sure that the elderly needing care in their homes get more than 15 minutes for a visit?
Not get rid of hundreds of uniformed policemen when crime is not under control?
Not see nurses made redundant and wards closed?
Spend more money on getting unemployed youngsters into work?
Get homeless families out of bed and breakfast and into council housing rather than expensive private housing?
Not have Air Ambulances funded by voluntary contributions because the ambulance trusts can't afford it?
Not have workers in the defence industry made redundant and become a drain on the State while depriving the Armed Forces of needed equipment?
Not have even violent criminals let out of jail because there isn't the funding to provide enough places for them?
And many, many more examples.
OR - Fund the Olympics.
Note, too the hidden costs to businesses - and even the Government. Ofcom must have spent a small fortune so far on provisions yet LOCOG said they didn't want to have to pay for radio licences.
And, as Tableview said, were we asked? We weren't, so you cannot say it was democratic decision.
Admittedly, we don't really live in a democracy - we only like to think we do.