“The young man who caught Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit, and returned it to the team got caught in one of the gross contradictions of freedom, rights, and the pursuit of happiness. He could have followed a typical path and cashed in on the ball for up to $250,000! He didn’t. The Internal Revenue Service announced their intentions to tax him somewhere in the area of $5,000 to $13,000 for the gifts of gratitude the New York Yankees gave to him.
Banks after their bailout have become more predatory in their practices. Charging non-customers fees for cashing checks written to them by the banks’ members, and dragging their feet reviewing and giving loans to small non-profit business owners, and the social stigma of welfare for the middle class and the poor, and the high esteem of welfare for large corporations are four of the reflections of a dominate and contemptuous attitude held against working Americans by corporations, the US government, and praised and upheld by conservative branches of a specific American ideology of freedom!
Being trapped within the practical expressions of this loathing from ‘privileged’ people in our culture creates an indescribable rage that tore the country apart in the 1960’s, and threatens ‘stability’ in every decade. What will happen when the social fabric tears at the seams not because there was no warning, or insight into the thorny sides of the oppressive beliefs, and practices but from ignoring the people trapped in the web of contradictions, dictatorial patriotism, corporate welfare, and the fringe benefits of warmongering?" – Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Buzzkill-Fan-may-owe-taxes-on-rewards-for-Jeter?urn=mlb-wp12427
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