Donald Sterling: Job Creator?

Setting aside the odious racial components of Donald Sterling's ill-considered, unhinged musings on "the way things work" (he's not a racist, but the world is racist, so . . .), I was struck by his exalted vision of himself as a creator of jobs: he gives the players money and the material things they need to live. As if these world class athletes would be out of work and destitute if he didn't own the Clippers, or if the Clippers didn't exist for that matter. He would seem to be the hero of Mitt Romney's story of the "job creators" who should be left alone to work their magic, helping the rabble as they (the Bestowers of Well Being!) grow wealthy. Why aren't we all more grateful, Mitt and Donald must wonder.

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