Clickage for the true words.
But not just football, if you think about it there are plenty of people that get paid way, way beyond what would be comfortable lifestyle (well, rich to be honest) that could release the cash (that they will never use anyway, how many yachts or houses do you need?) into something that really, REALLY needs it.
Communism, anyone?
Ah well, mini rant over.
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:32, 1 reply)

While I don't for a minute believe that Premiership footballers are worth a fraction of what they're paid
the idea of communism, i.e. having everyone on a similar wage, doesn't work.

The majority of people will not work hard and strive for excellence when they're not going to get any financial reward. Yes, there's the satisfaction of a job well done, but if you can arse about all day for enough money to get by on, why would you do twice as much work for a minimal extra sum?

Extreme politics, like extreme anything else, is bad news. Communism doesn't work. Fascism doesn't work. You need some degree of capitalism to stimulate and motivate the economy, but not too much that it collapses like we've seen recently.

Fuck me, I've just posted a political rant, and I'm not even into politics!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 12:29, closed)

I agree
the idea is nice, but in practice doesn't really work.
It's a sort of "Wouldn't it be nice if...", might as well ask for a world to be populated by only badgers and bunny girls. See? It's a nice idea, but nah...
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 12:40, closed)