Comments on: Why does everyone want to give millions to billionaires?

By: Alex K

Alex K — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:35:17 +0000

That is sound advice. But for my life situation (happily married with small child) how to lessen the pain from a nut shot seems more useful.

By: 78mu

78mu — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:17:34 +0000

How can you agree with it? We have to be creative to give the Cubs another $200 million.

Somewhere out there is a 15 or 16 year old Soriano wannabe hoping someday he will get a ridiculous contract from the Cubs. Somethings got to be done to help the Cubs think they are that one player away from a WS.

After all,If the Cubs sign the Sorianos, Zambranos, Fukudomes and Bradleys then your team won’t.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:30:03 +0000

I’d agree if I hadn’t heard Bel Biv DeVoe’s Poison over the weekend. Still can’t top “never trust a big butt and a smile”

By: jackkoho

jackkoho — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:24:29 +0000

I’m pretty sure those bricks costs around a hundred bucks a piece, btw.

By: Alex K

Alex K — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:12:38 +0000

That is probably the best information/advice I will get this week.

By: jackkoho

jackkoho — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:03:40 +0000

As sick as this idea makes me I feel like you could find 18,000 yuppies on the near north side (read: suckers) who would want to own shares of wrigley. The same people that bought the authentic bricks from the ballpark, etc.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:47:16 +0000

You should correct this article. Is should say …”hundreds of millions to billionaires.”

In the words of Montgomery Burns: Excellent.

By: dailyrev

dailyrev — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:46:06 +0000

Well, when you think about it, the agony of a kick to the nuts subsides after 5-10 minutes or so*; but the pain of paying taxes to fund the egos of billionaires lasts much longer.

*BTW, guys: I learned this many years ago in a judo class: should you receive trauma in the place-that-must-not-be-named, and you’re still conscious and capable of minimal movement, tap your heels against the ground/floor. It doesn’t stop the pain but definitely moderates it by sending an impulse along an acupuncture meridian. And yes, I had a couple of chances to “test” this treatment since I learned it, and it works pretty much as advertised: it helps enough that you don’t feel that agony-level of someone’s-pulling-my-bowels-out-thru-my-navel. And it helps quicken the return to normalcy.

By: heynerdlinger

heynerdlinger — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:24:50 +0000

It’s amazing that private investment requires more transparency than public financing.

By: purnellmeagrejr

purnellmeagrejr — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:21:40 +0000

agree with everything in the article.