Comments on: Bono - ‘tax efficient manager’ maybe http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/10/18/bono-tax-efficient-manager-maybe/ Richard Murphy on tax and corporate accountability Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:27:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: fi http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/10/18/bono-tax-efficient-manager-maybe/#comment-528119 fi Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:06:25 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/10/18/bono-tax-efficient-manager-maybe/#comment-528119 The Irish Labour party's finance spokeswoman, Joan Burton, said this week: "Having listened to Bono on the necessity for the Irish government to give more money to Ireland Aid ... I am surprised that U2 are not prepared to contribute to the exchequer on a fair basis along with the bulk of Irish taxpayers." The Irish Labour party’s finance spokeswoman, Joan Burton, said this week: “Having listened to Bono on the necessity for the Irish government to give more money to Ireland Aid … I am surprised that U2 are not prepared to contribute to the exchequer on a fair basis along with the bulk of Irish taxpayers.”

]]> By: Jason Holden http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/10/18/bono-tax-efficient-manager-maybe/#comment-1082 Jason Holden Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:17:55 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/10/18/bono-tax-efficient-manager-maybe/#comment-1082 Ah, like so many of the rich ‘star’ types, they want to look whiter than white on the outside, while in reality they want to pay the minimum of tax, anyway they can legally. And if this results in any of your six questions being stomped all over, then what they hell, as long as no one notices! Kettle, Pot and Black are words that spring to mind. Maybe, if the rich and famous spent less time preaching and saying how good they are, and instead let their actions speak, then maybe more people would listen? Ah, like so many of the rich ‘star’ types, they want to look whiter than white on the outside, while in reality they want to pay the minimum of tax, anyway they can legally. And if this results in any of your six questions being stomped all over, then what they hell, as long as no one notices!

Kettle, Pot and Black are words that spring to mind.

Maybe, if the rich and famous spent less time preaching and saying how good they are, and instead let their actions speak, then maybe more people would listen?

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