Wow! What a Steiner deal. $2500 for a handshake, autograph and of course a ticket

T206Collector · #1 04-15-2012, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by David Atkatz

He donated half a million dollars. Out of what? I'm sure he earned at least $25 million in 2010. He gave a whopping 2.0%.

For comparison, President Obama just released his 2011 tax form. He donated $172,000 out of an adjusted gross of almost $790,000. That's 21.8%, more than ten times Jeter's rate.

And Obama will shake your hand for free.

I thought we were arguing about greedy athletes. If you want to open the discussion to what percentage of a person's adjusted gross income he should donate to charity, then be my guest. But I am having trouble keeping up with the numbers about which I am so bad at.

But if we're going to change topics, what percentage of a person's adjusted gross income should he donate? All I know according to your expectations of a good person is that 2% makes you a greedy bastard.

I think it is obscene for you to have an autographed baseball of Babe Ruth. You should sell it for less than it is worth and donate 2% of the proceeds to saving the whales in the South Pacific:

http://www.seashepherd.org/

RichardSimon · #2 04-15-2012, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by T206Collector

saving the whales in the South Pacific:

http://www.seashepherd.org/

They are saving whales in the Southern Ocean in the Antarctic.
The Japanese, for years, have been slaughtering whales and violating Australian waters and international treaties.

laughlinfan · #3 04-15-2012, 07:31 PM

Do these count in his charitable totals?

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-...balls-20111312

One of my favorite quotes (attributed to Malcolm Forbes): "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."

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