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+1. This is similar to the major reason I despise the band U2 (besides their awful music): they bitch and moan about helping poor children in Africa. They eve
by Travis 16y ago
+1. This is similar to the major reason I despise the band U2 (besides their awful music): they bitch and moan about helping poor children in Africa. They even recently complained that the British gov't doesn't send enough money to impoverished countries. But they have a major tax haven set up that deprives the gov't of tax revenue.
You just need to be consistent. Google has gotten a lot of benefits out of their "Do No Evil" motto; in my mind, they are held to a higher standard than GE or IBM.
- shasta 16y agoSo they preach that the government doesn't spend money on the right things, but then in practice don't want to give money to that government? The hypocrites!
- rmc 16y agoThe point is U2 try to get people to be less selfish and more giving, all the while exploiting what they can to keep more of their money
- shasta 16y agoThat would be hypocritical if they were trying to get people to be less selfish and to give more to the government. It's certainly not hypocritical if they're giving a significant portion of that would-be-taxed money to charities.
- anigbrowl 16y agoNot exactly. Artists (musical, visual, literary) in Ireland aren't taxed on the proceeds of their sales, largely because Ireland benefits substantially in tourism and other revenue from exporting its culture.
- maxawaytoolong 16y agoBut U2 is FROM Ireland...