bluefan1 (26-06-13)
justfrank44 (26-06-13)
Bill Gates lives a millionaire lifestyle and has done some amazing things for charity he is a huge philanthropist. If you earn more money than me and have a nicer car but have a social conscience I don't start saying you should sell your car to help the poor etc, that's basically what you're asking bono to do....
Bono has programmes to educate children of Ethopia
He kept One in Four opened the helpline which deals with surviors of sexual abuse
He has a clothing company to help build trade in poverty stricken countries
The list of of causes and support he is involved in is alot, I don't understand what you want from him? It's his money? You do not have to listen to him? Of he inspires people to do good things in society then great, he's done alot more for the world than me, he will leave this earth a better place than he found it, he will leave a legacy.
It all works on different levels, folks
1) yes the Obamas, but also lunch with Pres Dilma Roussaeff of Brazil last year, so say my brasilian contacts.
2) yes - so if the state is effed up, why would you pay your taxes to it? Anyway there's the artists' exemption? Too many public servants being paid too much, and all controlled now by the ECB that still hasn't got it's act together on the euro crisis.
That's the reality, and cheating doesn't come into it, it's all legal. If you play gigs in say China and the profits flow to a company in Holland because you personally don't need the income in Ireland, then the money ends up in Holland.
Also if sovereignty and countries passing their own tax laws is such a bad thing, then why is our sovereignty of the 1916-22 variety such a good thing? Can't have it both ways.
Also if you earn money outside Ireland there's little the Irish taxman can do to finger it. They're obliged to give you a passport anyway.
Mmmm-hmm
All true we need to depart from the parish pump politics problem is how, most of our politicans are bought by which ever group waves the biggest political donation at any given time,the whole system is rotten to the core just look at all the expences scandals just proves the contempt our elected represintaves have the people who put them there.