The Uncommonwealth

A gut-wrenching tale of a pioneer family's attempts to survive on their 55-acre spread in Vermont despite the potential whiff of sauteed Goodyears and Pirellis just across the border...

"Allen said he could not afford to endure losses. He has already projected the team will lose $100 million in the next three years without some outside financial support.
"While I have deep pockets, its sickening to know the model is broken, hemorrhaging money," Allen said. "It's hard. As a businessman, I'm out of pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars each and every game. That's brutal."



I'm no expert, but when the sixth-richest man in the world (net worth: $22B) asks middle-class schlubs in Portland, Oregon to bail him out for his crappy investment in an NBA team and take money away from education, health care and community policing, the only dignified response is projectile vomiting.

On the other hand, it's encouraging that Microsoft's dental plan is no better than anyone else's.

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