Comments on: Phil Mickelson: Instant hate for California’s Gerard Depardieu

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:37:03 +0000

I’m surprised Mickelson still is here. Tiger left long ago.
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Tiger left in 1996, 17 years ago.

By: Hondo

Hondo — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:24:18 +0000

Mickelson has a very painful form of arthritis which is a huge problem for golf is very hard on the joints. Us weekend golfers get a glimpse of the joint pain many pros suffer. I practice an hour and I’m so sore. Phil has to practice 4 or more hours a day. A huge block for many pro golfers getting better is that they can’t over practice. They face very painfull shoulder and back injuries. Fred Couples would have probably dozens more wins but for his bad back.
Pro golfers aren’t garunteed huge salaries like baseball and basketball players. If they don’t win, or place well, they don’t get paid. Only a few, like Tiger and Phil, get appearance fees. But they’ve earned it.
Once again, its the very richest, the ones that pay the most taxes, that can afford to move to a low tax state. People like Phil and Tiger and Labron James. They take their ball and their money with them and Kali loses again.
Hondo…

By: DavidfromLosGatos

DavidfromLosGatos — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:06:27 +0000

So, prior to prop 30, Phil is kicking in a cool $5M/year to CA government employees, politicians, “board” members, etc. But, they wanted more. Trot out the school kids and ride the hatred and jealously of high earners stirred up by Obama, “Occupy”, etc., and prop 30 passes, no problem.

And, for a couple of years, they’ll get more from Phil ($6.5M – a nice raise for them!). But, then they get nothing if he moves away?!

Pigs get fat; hogs get slaughtered.

By: ExPFCWintergreen

ExPFCWintergreen — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:01:41 +0000

I hope he leaves promptly for a foreign country, or Florida, Texas or Arizona, and thereafter pillories California politicians and advocacy groups about their policies.

By: jimmydeeoc

jimmydeeoc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:46:09 +0000

“I dont work my ass off, so I can give it to some low life or for that matter”

And therein lies the problem. I have no idea how much of that ass you do or don’t work off, and moreover, it’s none of my business…….

But imagine what this state and nation could be if the government offered more carrots and fewer sticks.

Then again, most of us here already know that. We are dealing with a government that increasingly makes EVERYTHING their business, and does so with an arsenal comprised ONLY of sticks.

By: us citizen

us citizen — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:44:56 +0000

Yes, Tiger was on the news saying this.

There are many more that are going to leave also. I cant blame them. This govt and the feds are penalizing those who are successful.

Personally, I dont work my ass off, so I can give it to some low life or for that matter, so some arrogant politician can live the high life off of my earnings.

By: CalWatchdog

CalWatchdog — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:02:20 +0000

I’m surprised Mickelson still is here. Tiger left long ago.

— John Seiler

By: loufca

loufca — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:38:35 +0000

Hypocrisy is the left.

By: Cacheguy

Cacheguy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:53:41 +0000

Such hypocrisy from ESPN host Michael Wilbon. It is OK for him to lower his taxes but not for someone else making more money than he is. Mr. Mickelson should have stuck to his original statement and not “walked it back” due to what I believe is pressure from his sponsors.

I wonder how President Obama is going to “equalize” outcomes when one person has a college masters degree and can offer a substantial advantage to an employer while another has dropped out of high school and has no skills at all. Oh yea, I forgot, the high school drop out can work for the government. That solves it all.