$2 Billion dollars!

The big news here in Southern California, which you've all heard by now, is that the Dodgers sold for $2.15 billion dollars!! That is an unfathomable amount of moola. Just to comprehend that amount of money, divide $2 billion by your yearly salary. I know everyone reading my blog lives a relatively comfortable life, but how many THOUSANDS of years would it take you to make that kind of cash? Even if you make great money, you're probably looking at a 5-figure answer. It's shocking! I'm an Angels fan, but I have nothing against the Dodgers. I'm glad that Magic Johnson is part of the new ownership team. If my Angels don't win, I don't really mind if the Dodgers do--I'm happy with someone representing Southern California. And yes, my Angels spent a boatload of money too, on just one player, who I can't wait to see on opening night, but that's the problem--way too much money is spent in professional sports! Nearly a billion people on earth don't have access to clean, safe water and 3.5 million die every year of water-related disease. One in seven people on this planet don't know where their next meal is coming from, and some of them are probably your neighbors. Close to 600,000 people died of cancer in 2011 in the Untied States alone, and AIDS took over 1.5 million souls worldwide. What could we do with $2 billion dollars? We could provide water to the thirsty, food to the hungry, shelter for the homeless. We could shore up infrastructure in order to prevent another Katrina, we could work harder to find and implement alternative souces of energy and save our environment. We could educate the masses, cure disease. Hell, we could save the world! Instead, $2 billion bought a baseball team. Our priorities might be a little off, but this is our world, our reality. And we all have the ability to balance it out. Get out there and work at a soup kitchen, volunteer for a beach clean-up, teach an illiterate adult to read. Get involved in your community, pay attention to what is going on in the world, and for God's sake, vote! Just do something! Two billion is a lot of money for baseball, and Opening Day is next week. Go Angels!