Enumerated by a producer of great wealth:
What I said was un-American was somebody’s property being seized unlawfully. There are core values in this country and fairness is one of them. Transparency is another. Private property is another. Thankfully, in this country it is not appropriate for one person’s property to be seized by somebody else just because they got divorced or just because of some arbitrary reasons.
Ayn Rand couldn't have put it any better. Why shouldn't this entrepreneur be free to reap the fruit of his labors, free from the extortionate demands of looters and moochers?
He reportedly siphoned off $108 million from the Dodgers for his and Jamie’s personal use. Anyway, that’s as much as we know about.---ViteliusHe used this to fund an extravagant lifestyle that included seven mansions, a private jet and weekly $150 haircuts.
He planned to cut payroll while anticipating that club revenue would go from $295 million in 2008 to $529 million by 2018.
He paid two of his sons $600,000 per year to work for the Dodgers, while one was at Stanford and the other worked at Goldman Sachs.
He used legal loopholes to avoid paying any federal or state income taxes for six consecutive years.
The Dodgers paid over six figures to a Russian psychic to send positive energy to the Dodgers from Boston.
The team charity, the Dodgers Dream Foundation, paid director Howard Sunkin over one-fourth of its annual budget in 2007 and is now under investigation by the state attorney general’s office; recently the Dodgers repaid the $400,000 to the charity.
He went four months without a Dodger Stadium security chief and then reacted slowly, and only after media and political pressure, when a Giants fan was seriously beaten in the parking lot on opening day.
The team has gone at least $433 million in debt.
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