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Why do famous athletes and entertainers make so much money? Why does the president make $400,000? Why does a social worker helping kids get $38,000?
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Brandon Marshall – 4 years, 24 million dollars
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Oprah Winfrey – 40 million (a year!)
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Are these athletes and entertainers overpaid?
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Babe Ruth was asked if he was overpaid… The Bambino The Caliph of Clout Babe Sultan of Swat The Behemoth of Bust The Great Bambino The Big Bam
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Athletes have always been accused of being overpaid. When Babe Ruth was asked in 1930, the first year of the Great Depression, about his salary of $80,000 a year being more than the President (who earned 75,000), the Babe replied, "I know, but I had a better year than Hoover."
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Prices are signals… But what do they say about us as a society?
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