[lbo-talk] Protest at U2's tax exile status

[Alan Rudy]

B... agreed, this sort of thing is a bit of a populist distraction, much
like the Big 3 CEOs flying corporate jets to DC as they sought to be bailed
out.  At the same time, it is pretty lame of them.
At the same time, U2 has a long history of sketchy stuff like this... just
ask the band Negativland...
-A

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:23 AM, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:


> So you're really itchin' to send Bono and The Edge off to ze campz, eh?
>
> I hate to say it, but the U2 tax avoidance thing feeds into that Rush
> Limbaugh rant I posted here (under the "populist outrage!" subject heading)
>
> In that rant, Limbaugh was explaining to his befuddled red state listeners
> why it is folks like Geithner and Tom Daschle nominally support a reversion
> to Clinton-like tax rates, but do not seem to want to pay any of those taxes
> themselves. The U2 thing fits into that right-"populist" picture of the
> world pretty well! Taxes for thee, not for me.
>
> -B.
>
>
>
> Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
> "PS. I do not really give a flying fuck what excuses wealthy tax evaders
> uses to justify their actions. The bottom line is that they are scofflaws,
> no different than any other anti-social, parasitic, or criminal element.
> Sending these scumbags to reeducation camps where they would learn virtues
> of hard work would serve them well :).
>
>
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