I was listening to a Sports Radio station here in Washington State (which is a no income tax state also) and the DJ was ripping Phil Mickelson a brand new one because he said it was “unbecoming” of an athlete to whine about money when they are making so much. The DJ said “rule #1” a sports agent would tell their clients is to not talk about money. I think I agree with that sentiment a little bit but I think this brain dead leftist DJ was missing the bigger argument. It isn’t HOW MUCH he makes but HOW MUCH was being confiscated.
I was PISSED that this obviously leftist Sports Radio guy wanted to rip into Mickelson about discussing what NEEDS to be out in the open which is the confiscatory rates these athletes are subject to. I don’t think this DJ likes Mickelson in the first place but it made it painfully obvious to me what we are up against.
Class warfare plain and simple. It is not allowable for for someone that wants to keep what they earn to talk about the method in which their earnings are confiscated. But is is OK to talk about how evil these rich people are in how they should give up more of their earnings.
I’m sure the “low information” people listening to this radio show were probably cheering the DJ on...”YAH, that guy still has more money that I’ll make in a lifetime”. This DJ was only perpetuating the problem IMNSHO.
It's greed that drives them.