Big Niall wrote:bunglemark2 wrote:`Bloody hell, what a wandering procrastination this thread is....Starts off with a "Bono is a hypocrite...." comment and then comes down to debating the merits of one album over another.
To get back to the topic, whay exactly is he a hypocrite ? He engages in tax avoidance, not evasion - big difference there, peeps. The former is fully legit, the latter is against the law.
Know what ? I'd do the same if I were him....
And another thing, if he's guilty of avoiding paying tax to the Irish authorities, then perhaps his own government is guilty as charged of doing the same, with the low rates of corporation tax made available to (mostly) US companies so they can save tax on the millions they make in profits every year. They're setting up shop here to avoid paying tax on the mega-profits in their own countries....
So Bono is doing exactly what they're doing...In saying that, I think he's full o' the brown stuff anyway, but hardly a hypocrite
the topic is not that U2 are hypocrites. i have no objection to the others putting their money is the most tax efficent away so i am consistent with irelands tax policy .
however, Bono is the one that goes to leaders and tells them what they should do with their revenue income.
Tax avoidance is okay, but doing that and then lecturing the government on what they should be doing with their tax income is hypocracy.
So Bono is trying to avoid paying his fair dues to his Govt. which makes him what exactly? Not the philanthropist he makes out surely or is there no poverty in Ireland.... I would suggest the man is driven by greed like many others and this altruistic facade is a front to sell more records and further bolster his burgeoning bank balance. Iam not sure how anyone can take the man seriously!
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