I opened today’s Tribune sports’
section to read that the Astros’ Justin Verlander thinks “the system is broken”
because free agents haven’t been making a killing the last two off-seasons; it
should be noted Verlander makes north of $25 million a year. Oh, and a columnist asked, “Why do so many
people label players greedy in these [salary] matters while letting owners
skate? Indeed.
But I refuse the either/or choice
sportswriters would force on me. As a
fan, I don’t want to end up in the middle of a players-owners’ tug-of-war that
ends up with me paying more to watch the game both in person and on TV. I guess that tends to make me conservative on
salaries. Here’s the catch.
I’m also a taxpayer. Critics are right that owners get away with
way too much; that’s why I want to raise the capital-gains’ tax rate. I’m also big on increasing income-tax rates
on the upper brackets. By now, it should
come as no surprise I’m also a big fan of the estate tax. I mean, what was good for Andrew Carnegie is
good for me.
When the rich fight, the rest of
us suffer. Fair taxes on rich players
and richer owners would make a nice buffer.
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