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<dc:creator><![CDATA[bobsacamano]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bobsacamano]]></source><link>http://bobsacamano.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17722726-luxury-tax-is-a-great-solution-to-balance-footballs-economy</link><guid>http://bobsacamano.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17722726-luxury-tax-is-a-great-solution-to-balance-footballs-economy</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>luxury-tax</category><category>soccer-economy</category><category>financial-fair-play</category><category>football-economy</category><category>football-industry</category><category>soccer-business</category><category>soccer-industry</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:38:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bobsacamano73366103-45C2-698D-F139-420C214D4F19.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bobsacamano73366103-45C2-698D-F139-420C214D4F19.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AP NewsBreak: Yankees hit with $18.9M luxury tax</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Yankees were hit with an $18.9 million luxury tax by Major League Baseball, the 10th consecutive year they will pay a penalty for their spending.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15913508-ap-newsbreak-yankees-hit-with-189m-luxury-tax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15913508-ap-newsbreak-yankees-hit-with-189m-luxury-tax</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>tax</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>luxury-tax</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:15:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8f715a6-c428-4bae-8857-8c4cc37d5de6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8f715a6-c428-4bae-8857-8c4cc37d5de6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE In this July 30, 2012, file photo, New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki hits a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium in New York. Suzuki and the Yankees are closing in on a contract that would guarantee the outfielder between $12 million and $13 million. A person familiar with the negotiations, speaking on condition of anonymity because talks were ongoing, said Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, the agreement likely would be for a two-year deal. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Yankees hit with $13.9M luxury tax</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Yankees were hit with a $13.9 million luxury tax bill Thursday, their lowest since 2003.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/22/9641488-apnewsbreak-yankees-hit-with-139m-luxury-tax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/22/9641488-apnewsbreak-yankees-hit-with-139m-luxury-tax</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>tax</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>luxury-tax</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:20:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4d2e8b05-b2a5-46d0-b5ad-ee24e9fdeb10.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="107" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4d2e8b05-b2a5-46d0-b5ad-ee24e9fdeb10.jpg" width="107" height="512" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart lists 2011 payroll figures for MLB teams&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Yankees hit with $18M luxury tax</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Yankees lowered spending on players by $12 million this year, cutting payroll by $5 million and slashing their major league-leading luxury tax by more than $7 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/21/5691160-apnewsbreak-yankees-hit-with-18m-luxury-tax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/21/5691160-apnewsbreak-yankees-hit-with-18m-luxury-tax</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>new-york</category><category>tax</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>luxury-tax</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:55:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/907e10ae-fbe3-44d6-87e8-dbf53538ec19.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/907e10ae-fbe3-44d6-87e8-dbf53538ec19.jpg" width="120" height="307" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic shows 2010 payrolls for the 30 Major League Baseball teams&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Yanks hit with $25.7M luxury tax</title>
<description><![CDATA[Winning came with a hefty price for the New York Yankees. The World Series champions were hit with a luxury tax of nearly $25.69 million Monday, according to information received by clubs and obtained by The Associated Press.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/21/3660235-apnewsbreak-yanks-hit-with-257m-luxury-tax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/21/3660235-apnewsbreak-yanks-hit-with-257m-luxury-tax</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>tax</category><category>world-series</category><category>associated-press</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>luxury-tax</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:27:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f5e65280-7cde-4905-85be-fb562dfb31b0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f5e65280-7cde-4905-85be-fb562dfb31b0.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Curtis Granderson, center, the newest New York Yankees player, poses with teammates C.C. Sabathia, left, and Alex Rodriguez at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7c5e3d17-b36b-45f3-9dbb-f480400046d4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="342" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7c5e3d17-b36b-45f3-9dbb-f480400046d4.jpg" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - New York Yankees' Derek Jeter, left, and Mariano Rivera look at the championship trophy after winning the Major League Baseball World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, in this  Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, in New York. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Yanks have $26.9 million luxury tax</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Yankees not only failed to make the playoffs, they were hit with their highest luxury tax in three years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/22/2239647-apnewsbreak-yanks-have-269-million-luxury-tax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/22/2239647-apnewsbreak-yanks-have-269-million-luxury-tax</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>tax</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>luxury-tax</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:12:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f7cf0da4-17a0-47b6-b429-95eb150c6fee.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f7cf0da4-17a0-47b6-b429-95eb150c6fee.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Sept. 21, 2008 file photo, New York Yankee fans watch from the upper deck as past Yankee greats are introduced during a ceremony before a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson/FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yankees Hit With $23.88M Luxury Tax Bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Yankees did accomplish something this year: They lowered their luxury tax for the second straight season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/24/1184558-yankees-hit-with-2388m-luxury-tax-bill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/24/1184558-yankees-hit-with-2388m-luxury-tax-bill</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>tax</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>luxury-tax</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:08:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3d34fd7b-63c7-439a-a40e-29b0c54a210c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="190" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3d34fd7b-63c7-439a-a40e-29b0c54a210c.jpg" width="120" height="57" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic shows Major league baseball teams that payed luxury tax from 2003-2007; 2c x 1 3/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 44.5 mm&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yankees Pay Highest Luxury Tax in MLB</title>
<description><![CDATA[90% of the Luxury Tax imposed by the MLB is handled by the Yankees.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mscheding]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mscheding]]></source><link>http://mscheding.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/19/1108806-yankees-pay-highest-luxury-tax-in-mlb</link><guid>http://mscheding.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/19/1108806-yankees-pay-highest-luxury-tax-in-mlb</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>baseball</category><category>luxury-tax</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:49:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A History of Liberal Failures</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's a long list.

Add Hillary Clinton's endorsement of driver's licenses for illegal immigrants ("it makes sense") to a very long list.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bodhi1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bodhi1]]></source><link>http://purelypolitical.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/06/1076647-a-history-of-liberal-failures</link><guid>http://purelypolitical.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/06/1076647-a-history-of-liberal-failures</guid><category>politics</category><category>southeast-asia</category><category>congressional-budget-office</category><category>alternative-minimum-tax</category><category>luxury-tax</category><category>free-love</category><category>dependent-children</category><category>forced-school-busing</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:23:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Yankees Hit With $26 Million Luxury Tax</title>
<description><![CDATA[World Series titles don't come to Yankee Stadium these days, just tax bills.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/22/493248-yankees-hit-with-26-million-luxury-tax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/22/493248-yankees-hit-with-26-million-luxury-tax</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>new-york</category><category>tax</category><category>yankee-stadium</category><category>world-series</category><category>luxury-tax</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:45:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NY15612222354.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="504" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NY15612222354.jpg" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees team owner George Steinbrenner, left, and general manager, Brian Cashman, right, attend batting practice during spring training, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, in Tampa. Fla. The Yankees were slapped with a $26 million luxury tax by the commissioner's office, raising New York's total to $97.75 million over the last four years.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez,file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Players Union to Yankees: No New Taxes</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the negotiations that culminated in a new labor agreement that was announced yesterday, the union had the best interests of George Steinbrenner's checkbook in mind.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[grey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[grey]]></source><link>http://grey.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/25/414581-players-union-to-yankees-no-new-taxes</link><guid>http://grey.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/25/414581-players-union-to-yankees-no-new-taxes</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>red-sox</category><category>baseball</category><category>mets</category><category>boston-red-sox</category><category>new-york-mets</category><category>carlos-beltran</category><category>luxury-tax</category><category>redsox</category><category>mlbpa</category><category>labor-agreement</category><category>ny-yankees</category><category>ny-mets</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>MLB: Does baseball need a salary cap?</title>
<description><![CDATA[An economic look at Major League Baseball.  With the collective bargaining agreement set to expire at the end of 2006, the luxury tax, revenue sharing and a possible salary cap are sure to come up.  Read on to find just what each of these mean to baseball.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Hobson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adam Hobson]]></source><link>http://thevineofhob.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/06/158163-mlb-does-baseball-need-a-salary-cap</link><guid>http://thevineofhob.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/06/158163-mlb-does-baseball-need-a-salary-cap</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>baseball</category><category>economics</category><category>luxury-tax</category><category>salary-cap</category><category>revenue-sharing</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Apr 2006 05:50:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>