05/29/2026
THE RICH PEOPLE THE DEMS WON’T DENIGRATE
The Party of Envy and Resentment - the Democrat Socialists led by AOC, Bernie Sanders and Mayor Mamdani – rails against corporate billionaires like Jeff Bezos –as part of their propaganda effort to twist the minds of those who don’t understand economics or taxes – to hate wealthy and successful people – especially if they are white men. What you will not hear from the anti-capitalist/socialists (most of whom are quite wealthy themselves) are rants against uber-wealthy athletes. Forbes just published a list of the top earners from the sports world in 2025
Soccer legend Christiano Ronaldo led the list with $300 million earned in 2025 from play on the field and his off-field earnings; Boxer Carlos Alvarez was a distant second with combined earnings of $170 million. LA Lakers Basketball star LeBron James was fourth on the list - taking in $137.8 million and in 5th place is LA Dodgers phenom Shohei Otani, who hauled in $127. 6 million followed by NBA basketball player Stephan Curry, who took in $124.7 million
No one in the top 50 of sports earning sports stars made less than $54 million in 2025. I imagine even for wealthy, capitalist-hating leftist Democrats, that’s too much money for one person to have ( except for them and their backers, like George Soros ( 2025 net worth of $7.2 billion or Democrat Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker who has an estimated net worth of approximately $3.7 billion, )
Why are the “selfish athletes” not tarred and feathered with the same brush leftists used to slime corporate millionaires and billionaires? And how does the Forbes list damage AOC’s irrational claim that “no one can make a billion dollars” – without mistreating employees and consumers.
One reason why leftists give a pass to athletes is that many of them are minorities: black or Latino or of mixed race, or women. It’s easier to bash the little-known white guy whose busy innovating and creating jobs for others….than it is to bash LeBron James, who is adored by millions. Fame cancels net worth, I suppose.
How much do these athletes pay in taxes? Are they paying their fair share, as defined by bombastic Bernie and his protegee – the economically ignorant mayor of NYC – or AOC – who somehow graduated college – and got elected to the House, knowing nothing about economics – or working people?
Oh well.
See Forbes' 2026 list of the world's highest-paid athletes, featuring a record payday by Cristiano Ronaldo, plus other sports stars who made at least $100 million.
