Shannon Sharpe Blasted for Saying He’d Rather ‘Pay $20 a Gallon Than Have Trump in Of

[Snarl]

THIS ONE got me thinking.

TPTB are setting gas prices to "Painful"

It is painful for the everyday guy who has to drive to work.

I think we need to figure out a way to make the price of their gas painful too.  You draw a $15M bonus ... the price of a gallon of gas for you is now $10,000.

Why should the elites be able to afford goods at the same price points that cause the average Joe's wallet pain?  Bet if we could make some rules like that ... where everyone pays at the 'pain level' that there wouldn't be anymore of that crap heaped onto our shoulders.

Seldom does a post make me do a mental double-take like yours just did!

My first thought was..."Damn straight!!"

Then I had to catch myself and ask..."Whoa there, Hoss!  How is this different than the 'Distribution of Wealth' and 'Tax the Rich' mentalities of the liberal left???  Am I being a hypocrite here??"

Very interesting question you've posed!  (Seriously)

Leave it to Sharpe, of all people, to make me actually "think" about something!  LOL!  He's always talked non-stop smack, both on and off the field.  BTW, his bonus was only $4.5 million (not $15m), and that whole Ravens thing still pisses me off, but that's beside the point.  To hear him defend Biden (even a little bit) with a statement like that, just dredges up me being pissed off all over again.  Regardless, your response did make me think more directly about the more pertinent question here.

I guess my final answer is...having Sharpe pay $10,000/gal of gas wouldn't really make me feel any better about paying $20/gal of gas; me or anyone else.

What you've highlighted is an interesting 3-way question.

1. On the one hand we have the question of the idiocy of people "voting" (if that's really what happened, personally I question it) for the likes of Biden just because of their loathing of Trump.  I can't run very fast even without all the gunshot holes in my feet!

2. On the other hand, we have the question of the mantra of the left, Redistribution of Wealth without regard to merit.  A twisted sort of 'reparations' if you will.  We're 'racist' if we don't subscribe to this notion, right?  LOL!

3. On the 3rd hand, we have the notion of the same mentality being used, but in reverse.   Perhaps it's deserving, especially for those who espouse those ideals (i.e. the left, right?), but then we must ask ourselves...are we being not racist, but 'class-ist', against a certain segment of society?

I must admit, as I sit here and write this I am having a very difficult time separating my emotion, my anger, from rational and objective thought.  The answer seems easy at first glance, but is it really? 

If we could isolate the question to just the elements being discussed above, the answer might be easy

It's not the little guy who figures out how much he 'owes'.  There's always been somebody 'up there' making that call ... followed by, "Or else!!"

1. I voted (against all of my better judgement for Trump ... twice) against the other guy.  Though I have grave reservations over election-rigging.  The curves and the spike are a just a dead giveaway.

2. I'm not a redistribution of wealth kind'a guy.  But ... if we're forced to pay ... then everyone should pay at the exact same threshold of pain.  A single individual who has managed to amass way more than anyone else shouldn't get to make the rules that it's simply a dollar-for-dollar individual responsibility.  Are you taking a percentage of money out of my pocket?  I want the same percentage out of yours.  Let Elon brag that he's paid the most taxes of any one person EVER.  I didn't lose a minute of sleep over him paying what was owed.  Elizabeth Warren though?  I rather she keeps her ounces of gold while I get pounds of her flesh.

3.  I'd like to hear other people's opinions on this particular element.  The person I'd like to hear a defense from is @"AugustusMasonicus". I'm sure he has a developed perspective.

Would I feel better about Sharpe paying $10,000 per gallon of gas? Nope.  I'd be in too much pain from filling up my Tundra to feel good about much of anything.  You don't see me proposing taxes on anything.  I'm in the highest 'paying' bracket.  You stick the little guy for $20/gal ... and I can only imagine the cost to me.