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re: Charles Barkley argues that pro athletes should be at front of line for COVID vaccine.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:06 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:06 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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As much taxes as these players pay, they deserve some preferential treatment."
i was going to take offense to this till i read that. don't agree, but i thought it was going to be about race. not that Barkley is a race hustler.
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Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:08 pm to saturday
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So what about the large portion of the population that don't pay any taxes, should they even get a vaccine, Chuck?
They will continue killing each other at a high rate, vaccinations notwithstanding.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:08 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I can see his argument, and I could very easily see the argument that high profile athletes taking the vaccine would push a lot of people to go get it that may be on the fence.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:14 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Rather our athletes get it over our politicians.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:18 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
That's just turrble.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:19 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Barkley is a smart dude he knows thats a bullshite opinion
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:23 pm to dagrippa
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Barkley is a smart dude
Agreed. Or, at least he understands to talk to the values of the people most likely to disagree with him, instead of just pounding the table to make activist types happy.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:26 pm to dagrippa
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Barkley is a smart dude he knows thats a bullshite opinion
I honestly agree with Barkley. The average NBA salary is like 8M. There is a huge chunk going to taxes. The wealthy should get first crack. Almost half the country doesn't even pay taxes. So the ones that do and pay the most should get the benefit of the program they mostly financed. That is just practical..
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:27 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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"As much taxes as these players pay, they deserve some preferential treatment."
Yeah, frick poor people!
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:28 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I don’t really disagree
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:28 pm to Old Money
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Yeah, frick poor people!
To be fair, a lot of them came from horrible, awful, terrible situations and definitely grew up poor.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:28 pm to Old Money
quote:this but unironically
Yeah, frick poor people!
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:32 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I completely agree. the ones who contribute the most to society should go first. Maybe that would get some of the leaches of society to want to contribute.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:38 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Why not, we need sports to keep us all from going insane.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:41 pm to BRIllini07
quote:Is the point of the vaccine to reduce deaths in those susceptible, or to reduce spread?
I wouldn’t mind them going earlier relative to their age bracket, based on their occupational demands (high travel/close contact inherent to the occupation and unavoidable). But they shouldn’t jump in ahead of the elderly.
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