Taxing Cliff Lee

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/11/taxing-cliff-lee

Texas Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson was on ESPN radio earlier this week talking about his team's chances of re-signing its star pitcher, Cliff Lee:

If Boston offers him X amount of dollars and we offer him X amount of dollars, if it's the same, than he'll probably chose us over Boston. Because of the good times that he had and the fact that the state income taxes are negligible here.

Link via BaseballMusings.com, which notes, "All those Red Sox fans that voted against Question 3 on election day are going to be sorry when Boston loses Lee."

Thanks to reader-participant-community member-watchdog-content co-creator D.G. for sending the tip.

by Ira Stoll  |  Nov 4, 2010 at 11:54 am Related Topics:  Taxes receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list