The Real Reason for the Government Bailout

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well these two pictures are worth close to 2 billion dollars.

Next season New York will open 2 new baseball stadiums. Yes, both the Mets and Yankees are both getting new stadiums in the same year. No, neither team deserves it right now based on their records from this season. Regardless, the New Yankee Stadium costs $1.3 billion, and Citi Field (the Mets' new stadium) will cost $610 million, which I find funny seeing that the Yankee staium is double the cost of the Mets' stadium when the Mets' at least almost made the playoffs this year. Those lucky New York taxpayers get to split the bill with the Mets and Yankees for those stadiums. I believe the New York taxpayers will get to split about $200 million of that bill. Citi Group gets to pay $20 million per year for the naming rights to the stadium. Now seeing as our country is looking at a $700 billion bailout, this probably isn't helping the situation. I propose that both teams need to make the playoffs before they're allowed to move into their stadiums. But hey, I'm just thinkin' outloud. What do I know...