Re: Stoops to get $6 million
All this stuff is indicative of what's wrong in the world. There's so much stuff screwed up I could probably write pages.
John Q. Porter is one example. Where I came from, if you left a job in failure or disgrace they don't make you rich and send you packing, they just kicked your butt out the door and said, "Don't come back."
The distance between the "Haves" and the "Have Nots" in this world is increasing, and that can't happen forever without something very tumultuous happening to correct it. Remember those ridiculous Wall Street bonuses paid each year in the New York area, and how it affects prices in that region? Property values soar because sellers know that money is no object for those people.
Cornett wants us to be a "Big League" city. I guess that means we will have more areas of filthy rich people living in million dollar homes, while other areas of the city are so crime-laden that it's dangerous just to drive through them. I've seen areas like that in Los Angeles. We are starting to have some here, but hey, Bob Stoops doesn't worry about that, he lives in a million dollar home in a gated community.
And maybe Mick should live somewhere around Taft Stadium and his focus would be different. You've got bands of thugs roaming that area, attempting break-ins in broad daylight. But hey, if we have an NBA team here, life will be wonderful!
So while Bob's salary soars to astronomical levels, students at OU are scraping by trying to keep up with tuition increases when there is probably no need to charge tuition at all, considering the kinds of monetary resources available at OU.
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