"Soaking the rich athlete" - interesting article

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Typical government stupidity. Always trying to take advantage of those with little chance of fighting back. Yes the atheletes can afford it. But can the local charities and businesses that they would have invested their money in. Trouble is that private charities and businesses can provide for peoples needs and create jobs much more efficient than our governments. Taxes should be made simple and fair to all. If you make more, you pay more. If you make less you pay less. But make the charging and paying simple. We spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year paying for enforcement of tax laws, collection of taxes, calculating of taxes, obtaining legal advice for protecting our butts from tax laws, etc. that is necessitated souly because politicians make tax laws so darn complex and difficult to enforce/and or comply with.