(NewsCore) - Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Monday that the most patriotic thing Americans can do in a struggling economy is to "bust your ass and get rich." In a posting on his blog, Cuban, 53, wrote that Americans who make lots of money are doing a patriotic duty by hiring others, contributing to economic growth and paying more taxes. "Entrepreneurs are needed to create and grow companies to absorb those people in new jobs. If entrepreneurs don't create those jobs, the government ends up having to spend more money to help them one way or another." "So be Patriotic. Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write," he wrote. The Mavericks owner -- who made his money in tech startups, famously selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for $5.9 billion in 1999..."So I will repeat my point. Get out there and make a boatload of money. Enjoy the sh*t out your money. Pay your taxes. It's the most Patriotic thing you can do."
Oh, hey Cubes, great advice, except it’s not working. I’m busting my ass from 10-7ish at my real job every day, coming home and blogging my dick off at night, I’m not seeing the riches. I’m hiring new writers (yea hiring is a loose term, I’m not sure “I’ll get you a beer if I see you out” is going to qualify me for any payroll tax reductions or anything but still), and I'm still not rich...yesterday I made .20 cents on advertising, that's not going to cut it.
I mean if you want to toss me an angel investment to the tune of like 300k, I’m not going to complain. But lets not pretend that it’s as easy as working yourself into the ground to strike it rich. I mean, I'm fucking trying here Cube’s. Be a bro and take notice, throw me a fricken bone. Absorb my blog or something, buy a t-shirt and wear it courtside (you know, if you guys get around to having a season), that would be the patriot thing to do.
