Posted on 04/14/2016 9:57:49 AM PDT by Starman417
Bono understands your plight. He knows you pay a lot in taxes. He wants you to pay more:
Tuesday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, U2 frontman and anti-poverty activist Bono called for the U.S. to send more assistance to Europe to shore up the European Union as it buckles under the Third World migrant crisis, even though Americans are struggling to bear their own tax burdens.Bono is reported to have a net worth of $600 million.“I know the American taxpayer is really hurting at the moment and the same in Europe,” Bono said. “But I think between Europe and America there is a consensus building that, you know, the corruption that’s killing as many kids as disease can be dealt with by structuring these concessional loans on the conditions that these countries that we give them to reform.”
Bono’s MSNBC segment was meant to draw attention to his upcoming testimony Tuesday before a U.S. Senate subcommittee, where he is expected to discuss violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance.
Part of that is due to U2's fleeing from Ireland- fleeing from taxes in their home country.
U2 HAVE begun pulling their multi-million business empire out of Ireland and moving it to Holland as a result of the cap on the artists' tax exemption which came into existence earlier this year. Arts chiefs warned that the ?250,000 cap announced as part of last December's budget would mean many of the biggest earners such as U2 would leave Ireland because they now face sizeable tax bills on their incomes. From June 1, U2 moved some of their business affairs to the same Dutch finance house used by the Rolling Stones to avail of a virtually tax-free status on their multi-million Euro royalties. The northside Dublin rockers were the world's biggest musical earners last year, taking in a whopping ?217m. According to industry sources, they faced a potential multi-million Euro tax bill had their business remained in Ireland this year as a result of royalty earnings from their ongoing Vertigo world tour. Holland's virtual tax-free status is a great attraction for big players such as the Stones and U2 because there is no direct tax on royalties, unlike in most other countries.Bono offered a bulls**t rationale for their departure:
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Bono, Bryan Adams, Bruce Springsteen...I’m really growing weary of these washed-up 80’s rockers telling us how to live our lives.
Next, Sting will tell us we should all be riding unicycles to work and Jon Bon Jovi will refuse to perform at a midwestern Indian Casino because they don’t have gluten-free muffins on the buffet line.
An ignorant, pontificating entertainer who has never run a business in the real world yet freely dispenses advice without any serious underlying study or facts. What a clown he is.
You may find this little piece interesting.
http://blog.friendseat.com/farm-tax-breaks-springsteen-bon-jovi/
Very enlightening and wholly unsurprising. Thanks for the link. Just another reason to shake my head in disgust.
Bruce Springsteen, NJ tough guy and champion of fairies, weeny waggers and trannies, so they can all get their thrills. Sick SOB.
If only Sony Bono had dropped his first name, he could have been the conservative spokesman for our generation.
Good examples why The Wonders, Strange Fruit, Steel Dragon, and Spinal Tap rank among my favorite groups. ;)
Maybe we could start a charity?
The non-profit organisation set up by the U2 frontman received almost £9.6million in donations in 2008 but handed out only £118,000 to good causes (1.2 per cent).
The Wonders were better when they were The Oneders.
Have you seen the director’s cut of That Thing You Do? There are a few interesting scenes added, such as Howie Long playing Tom Hanks’ “friend”.
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