[CBeisbol]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

somebody who works hard at saving lives, or governing people, or creating true artistic masterpieces, will never see anything like that money in their lifetimes. Neither the player nor the owner should enjoy such wealth in my opinion. It is based on a feeling of fairness, not objective economic or financial analysis (we have had this discussion before).

Vote to raise taxes, specifically on the uber wealthy, cancel student loan debt. More funding for the arts
That will put more money in the hands of the people you want and take it away from those you don't.

Weird how the circle completes itself like that


EDIT: I am surprised that you are admitting that our current tax structure is wildly unfair.

Not exactly correct. The cost of providing Yankees coverage is included in my cable bill. Do I need cable TV? Not to live, no. But to the extent that I do desire that modest luxury, I am paying more for it because Steinbrenner and Stanton must be paid.

Backwards

You, and many others, are choosing to give Steinbrenner, Stanton, and many others, your money. If people chose to give them less, they would be "paid" less.

I'm not looking for a refund. I would have preferred that it never got to this ridiculous magnitude of wealth in the first place.

See my first two points

Stanton is going to soak up a lot of whatever amount of money the Yankees decide to invest in salaries for years to come.

The Yankees will pay Stanton what they agreed to pay him barring some possibilities, yes.

With a salary structure that more closely resembled his expected production, he'd be earning more now, leaving less of whatever amount the team decided to allocate to payroll.