America
may be a capitalist country where only the fittest prosper and survive
But
baseball with its huge salaries looks like it may want to socialism revive
A
socialist fondest dream is not to increase the size of the pie
But
to even the size of the slices that on cutting it will supply
Inequality
of income or pie slices to a socialist is a mortal sin
Like
in baseball where salaries due to market size gives a team a better chance to
win
Baseball
teams in smaller cities with fewer fans to watch TV ads mean less dollars to
collect
Athletics
can be a short term career so rush to go where the higher salaries can be paid
is a team a player will select
In
what sounded like a capitalist consequence
For
players with less wins, more errors, less hits or fewer drives over the fence
Boston
looked at performance and dismayed its payroll took a $37 million dollar cut
Basic
capitalist thinking to bring the team out of a less than desired performance rut
But
in baseball like socialism there is a surcharge over the salary target
Boston
is looking at paying on payroll surcharge over 208 million of 40%
Big
incentive to drive salaries down to salary base
To
avoid income into owners’ pockets subject to erase
Not
monopoly money and the Red Sox will have to find a way to reduce
Can’t
just pay the surcharge and hope poor performance eating more hotdogs and drinking
more beer will induce
If
you elect a Sanders or a Warren or almost any of the primary Blues
Watch
your taxes go up and hurt even if you consume more brews
©
September 28, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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