It would also become the meeting place for Cleveland itself, where young lovers exchanged yearning glances over $18 old-fashioneds. But it would be run by Hilton, which would reap all the rewards, with none of the risks. To pay its Cleveland bill would mean tapping into .0008 percent of those revenues, clearly a sacrifice too great. This leaves Cuyahoga taxpayers on the hook for yet another corporate welfare tab, one that could balloon to $20 million by the end of the year. But our trifling struggles with luxuries like rent and medicine pale in comparison to the trauma being experienced at Hilton.