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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1040586" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>I hear the arguments each way, and have to agree with everything said. Supply and demand dictate prices. Always has. My problem has always dealt with recognition of what a person has done to help others get where they are. It isn't just sports, it permeates everything in our society. People laud praise on those who made things happen, then when it comes to opening up their purses, to pay for the past? Nada! You're history! Not much more than dog leavings on the bottom of your best $300 sneakers.</p><p></p><p>Here's a prime example. The living Medal of Honor winners from our military. People who were willing to sacrifice their lives to protect everyone, and maintain our way of life. This is the pension they get. It sickens me. The very best, and this is it. Meanwhile, politicians retire and get unbelievable money, from just serving a short time in Washington. Something is wrong, just like it is with the NFL, and NIL.</p><p></p><p>The Medal of Honor:</p><p></p><p>In 1961, Congress raised the monthly payment from $10 to $100. The last congressional pension raise was in 2002 when the pension was raised to $1,000 per month. As of December 1, 2021, the Medal of Honor pension is set at $1,489.37 per month, without cost-of-living adjustments.</p><p></p><p>Understand, at one time, the pension was an insulting $1 per month, and it took until 1961 to go over $10 a month. Yet, here we are, worshiping football players and paying them a King's ransom.</p><p></p><p>We need to get our priorities straight. I guess I'm not a purist when it comes to the rules of supply and demand as prescribed in Adam Smith's, "Laws of supply and Demand," as it was written. From it though, we derive who we are. We just need to tweak it some, to insure that those who make it great can share in the fact that it is great, not throw them to the side like a used stick of gum, because we're looking for "new and better."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1040586, member: 17953"] I hear the arguments each way, and have to agree with everything said. Supply and demand dictate prices. Always has. My problem has always dealt with recognition of what a person has done to help others get where they are. It isn't just sports, it permeates everything in our society. People laud praise on those who made things happen, then when it comes to opening up their purses, to pay for the past? Nada! You're history! Not much more than dog leavings on the bottom of your best $300 sneakers. Here's a prime example. The living Medal of Honor winners from our military. People who were willing to sacrifice their lives to protect everyone, and maintain our way of life. This is the pension they get. It sickens me. The very best, and this is it. Meanwhile, politicians retire and get unbelievable money, from just serving a short time in Washington. Something is wrong, just like it is with the NFL, and NIL. The Medal of Honor: In 1961, Congress raised the monthly payment from $10 to $100. The last congressional pension raise was in 2002 when the pension was raised to $1,000 per month. As of December 1, 2021, the Medal of Honor pension is set at $1,489.37 per month, without cost-of-living adjustments. Understand, at one time, the pension was an insulting $1 per month, and it took until 1961 to go over $10 a month. Yet, here we are, worshiping football players and paying them a King's ransom. We need to get our priorities straight. I guess I'm not a purist when it comes to the rules of supply and demand as prescribed in Adam Smith's, "Laws of supply and Demand," as it was written. From it though, we derive who we are. We just need to tweak it some, to insure that those who make it great can share in the fact that it is great, not throw them to the side like a used stick of gum, because we're looking for "new and better." [/QUOTE]
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