Thursday, May 23, 2013
The night Ted Turner managed the Braves
(espn.go.com)
Maybe Magic Johnson would like to try his hand in the Dodgers dugout?
Read More...Ted Turner was the “Mouth of the South,” “Terrible Ted” and “Captain Outrageous,” a brash, outspoken business mogul who had a golden touch.
He launched the first successful cable news network with CNN, sailed to victory in the America’s Cup and used his cable empire to turn his Atlanta Braves into “America’s Team.”
But 36 years ago this month, Turner discovered there was one thing he couldn’t do: manage his own baseball ...
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1. dr. scott posted on December 07, 2012 at 03:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Also, even players at the league minimum, if they have enough deductions, may not see thier taxes go up under the presidents plan
(I know this is a general liberal argument why all people should pay taxes, but in this case it seems fairly cut and dry.)
There's gotta be people out there who could gain from itemizing their deductions and don't from sheer laziness. Also, it's not hypocritical to support higher taxes on yourself and still pay only what you owe. It'd be hypocritical only if you were calling others out for taking deductions and credits you yourself were taking.
Can't tax me if I don't get paid, suckers!
No one is complaining in the article, only arranging their bonuses is such a way as to avoid a potential tax hike.
Upton's deal hardly seems like an extreme effort to avoid paying taxes. He signed a contract in November and is getting his signing bonus in December. As tax dodges go, that seems pretty insignificant.
I agree with the general idea that people should be more willing to pay their taxes (and that we should eliminate the majority of tax loopholes), but there's nothing in the article that is particularly unpleasant.
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