Tiger Woods is a talented man. I don’t wish to take anything away from him in this post. If the market dictates that an elite few of sports stars are paid large salaries that’s fine. Using high wages as an incentive to bring forth the best to the spotlight makes sense. Same goes for actors and professional wrestlers.
Tiger Wood has more money than me. There’s a good he has more money than you. Good on him I say! One thing that helps you to have less money is the government. It uses force to extract part of your wealth, part of your neighbour’s wealth and the wealth of those who wish to invest in industry.
Industry which in turn helps us to have jobs and once it gathers up this mass of stolen wealth it partakes in the process of wealth distribution which could be compared to throwing of a handful of rice confetti at wedding but rather than a bunch of scavenger birds swooping down on it, you get the human metaphysical equivalent, special interest groups and hired experts.
The ‘experts’ that government hire are nothing more than witch doctors dressed down in a conformative measure. Not always, but for the most part the special interest groups fail to understand basic economics and wealth creation choosing to live mentally in a magical land where the government has an unlimited capacity to throw cash left , right and centre. This plants an ugly axiom within the country’s youth’s minds that government is the answer to most problems.
So we have the immoral act of thieving going on. We are led to believe it shall pay for schools, hospitals and other infrastructure. In some cases this is the case but often done in horrendously inefficient ways. Just like a drug addiction, the government wants more confetti to throw up in celebration that it has the cash and brains to solve anything and everything.
The Brumby Government, being a Labor government, loves spending your money. Recently it decided 1.5 million of your money NEEDS to be given to Tiger Woods so he’ll come to Melbourne to hit a ball with a stick all over the shop. IF THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES NOT OFFER HIM ENOUGH CASH TO COME HERE THEN THE DEMAND TO SEE A GOLF STAR ISN’T TO THE PUBLIC’S FANCY.
Brumby is gambling that paying for Woods to be here will return 19 million into the economy. Gambling with other people’s money, shame on you Mr Brumby.
