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Bono: ‘The American Taxpayer Is Really Hurting’But Can Still Help Pay for Europe’s Refugee Crisis
Breitbart ^ | 4/14/16 | Jerome Hudson

Posted on 04/14/2016 6:13:15 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1

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.

“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.

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Actual photo of Bono cheating on his wife.


1 posted on 04/14/2016 6:13:15 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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2 posted on 04/14/2016 6:15:18 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Get your own damn country to pay for it!

And GTF out of mine!


3 posted on 04/14/2016 6:18:12 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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4 posted on 04/14/2016 6:18:31 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

I would donate handguns to German men and women to protect themselves from the Muslims hordes.


5 posted on 04/14/2016 6:18:56 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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6 posted on 04/14/2016 6:19:15 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

A one word name pretty much nails his IQ.

His silly sayings drive that nail even further.


7 posted on 04/14/2016 6:19:31 AM PDT by Da Coyote (Z)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

“Bono” almost makes me ashamed of having Irish ancestry.


8 posted on 04/14/2016 6:19:40 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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Let's see, in one breath Mr. Bono acknowledges the suffering of both American and European taxpayers but he wants more tax dollars committed to facilitating immigration into Europe which will only further burden European taxpayers even as it encourages more immigration which will even more burden taxpayers in a never ending dystopia.

There is no end to the good liberals do when liberals do good.


9 posted on 04/14/2016 6:19:58 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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10 posted on 04/14/2016 6:21:40 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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What are the rich muslim countries doing about it? Other than ignoring it that is.


11 posted on 04/14/2016 6:23:56 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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God those are GREAT...!!

Simple, clear, very hard hitting.


12 posted on 04/14/2016 6:24:18 AM PDT by gaijin
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There is no end to the good liberals think they do ... with other people’s money.


13 posted on 04/14/2016 6:29:08 AM PDT by Lorianne
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Interesting timing of Bono’ s press release and the almost simultaneous release from his boss Soros.
How about stopping the destruction in the Middle East. No......
Can’t make statements about ending the the destruction of lives, homes, societies, cultures. No......the Powers need usto sacrifice.....contribute our labor, time, value, culture.


14 posted on 04/14/2016 6:30:00 AM PDT by free from tyranny
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F-U2


15 posted on 04/14/2016 6:32:32 AM PDT by Maverick68
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Irish? I thought he was Dutch. Well, at least his band is after they moved to the Netherlands for its favorable tax treatment.


16 posted on 04/14/2016 6:33:29 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
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Last year, Bono was excoriated by one of Ireland’s largest unions after he said the recession-battered country’s generous corporate tax regime had brought it “the only prosperity we’ve ever known”.

Asked about his position on tax, he told Sky News that just because he had campaigned for a fairer society it did not mean he had to be “stupid” in business.

Bono said: “It’s just some smart people we have working for us trying to be sensible about the way we’re taxed.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/15/bono-defends-u2-corporation-tax-arrangements


17 posted on 04/14/2016 6:35:51 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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Nope, Bono is Irish.

So, favorable tax treatment... also probably because the Dutch are as flaky as he is.


18 posted on 04/14/2016 6:36:10 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Bozo is worth 600M. Maybe he could donate 550M for his cause and live on a measly 50M?


19 posted on 04/14/2016 6:36:29 AM PDT by golf lover (goingf)
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To: rfreedom4u

Sending weapons to ISIS and al Nustra.


20 posted on 04/14/2016 6:37:14 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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