Posted on 03/03/2015 5:01:27 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Michael Jordan and some other NBA owners have reached new heights, landing on Forbes world list of billionaires.
Forbes released its list on Monday and noted that Jordan's net worth is estimated at $1 billion, thanks to his well-timed investment in the Charlotte Hornets.
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Yep, no opportunities for minorities in the USA, right?
These grifters owe their billions to poor saps who pay 15% tax on their hotel rooms or rental cars to subsidize or completely pay for their arenas.
Don’t forget the inner city youth who spend hundreds of dollars on sneakers and other items Jordan and others endorse. It’s a hideous transfer of wealth from blacks who have nothing to their “brothers” who are now becoming billionaires.
The decline of basketball started with Jordan.
Not to mention the shootings over some stupid shoes. The world is broke and these guys can charge $9 for warm piss-water beer and $1,000 for a lower level seat.
Add to that....in the city, a lot of the murders that happen wouldn’t if there were some actual community policing in vulnerable inner city neighborhoods. Instead of that, the county and city taxes are spent in the millions, not just to build stadiums, but to improve them.
Thank you, Donald Sterling.
Will Baraq call him out as part of the one percent not paying his fair share?
Exactly, that whole debacle tripled the value of these franchises. How ironic.
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