For him it would be a drop in the bucket. Anyway poverty is usually caused by evil governments that withhold from their citizens. Hypocritical "celebrities" won't solve the problem.
2006-07-07 05:40:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I think all millionaires who say "the poor" deserve more are hypocrites. If you think the poor deserve more, then give your money to the people digging in dumpsters.
What these rich hypocrits REALLY mean is, YOU should give more, not them.
2006-07-07 05:44:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the cold fact is that even if he did, he could hardly put a dent in the problem. At any rate, any success would be ephemeral.
It is immature to say that celebrities should be prohibited from expressing any timely or dissenting opinion. It is also fundamentally fascist.
Each personality should be given air to their opinions with no less freedom than everybody else has to build their soap box, stand on it and argue their point of view until they are blue in the face. The guarantees on free speech are specifically designed to allow people to hear all points of view and made their own assessment within the domain of the "market place of ideas".
Some celebrities are completely shallow individuals with little of worth to communicate and, indeed, the vast majority of those ill-equipped to form a cogent argument in the arena of public debate do _not_ make a spectacle of their ignorance. Whatever else you may say about these individuals' decadence is academic. They at least have the good grace to not subject the rest of us to it.
And as in any population there are some real jerks. I have faith reasonable people are able to divine who has credibility and who has not.
And in point of fact: Bono is a very intelligent, serious man with a firm, first-hand grasp of the issues he is trying to bring attention to. I think the final word on that is that Jesse Helms has great respect and affection for him.
If he can give Bono the benefit of the doubt I think you can certainly remove the arthropod lodged in your own petulant rectum and lighten up.
Cheers
2006-07-07 12:55:20 · answer #2 · answered by morpheuszephyr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throwing a few million dollars at a problem and then just walking away will not be a solution. The government in Africa right now would seize any large amounts of funds put into the effort and the people would continue to starve and die.
A positive solution---and not just a band aid to a wound---will take years of constant and consistent funds budgeted to and distributed through the appropriate strategies so that all of the medicines, food, education, construction help, instruction, and professional human resources can be placed at "ground zero" for a period of years.
You cannot ask a starving, dying man to put his hands to a plow. You cannot expect people who are too weak to walk to build roads, sewer systems, and water sources.
I suggest to get just a small taste of what these people are going through, you go without food for about a week, drink filthy water---nothing else---watch your children dying in front of you on a daily basis, and see what desperation can do to the human spirit.
Our nation was formed by men who held faith in God and in the Word of God. We have just about beaten down any hopes of ever getting that structure back. Fortunately, there are a few who still hold these truths to be self-evident----all men are created equal and are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I believe those rights extend to all human beings----not just Americans.
2006-07-07 12:49:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even with all his millions, I doubt Bono's fortune would make a dent in poverty. (It would take trillions of dollars to do that.)
I think he recognizes that he can do more to encourage others to give from his celebrity platform. Trillions spread out over all the wealthy people in the world would be a lot more feasible.
And it's not like he's doesn't give ANY of his own money. I'm sure he does.
2006-07-07 12:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by poohba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say that Bono is a hypocrite. I think what you are forgetting is that time is money. The time that he gives in hosting and participating and even creating the charities is worth millions alone. He has raised millions. And truthfully, unless you are his accountant, how would you know how much he has really contributed?
2006-07-07 12:50:34 · answer #5 · answered by Tracy B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said the rich give out of their abundance (like Bono), and it means nothing. But the poor widow gave just a few coins, and it was more than the rest of them combined.
Bono is a showman, therefore, his words mean nothing. If he really wanted to help, he'd do it in silence when no one was listening.
2006-07-07 13:10:47 · answer #6 · answered by CJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Bono is a hypocrite does that make Bush a Miser?
At least he is willing to see that there are problems and use his power and influence to try to find ways to really help.
2006-07-07 12:56:17 · answer #7 · answered by vvxxzzvv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money will only temporarily solve the problems that Africa faces. It will take some kind of major intervention and influence from the world. Many of the African leaders are too corrupt to do any good for their people.
2006-07-07 12:47:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bono has done more for poverty then george bush and bush is the leader of the free world, your question should be what has bush done for the needy? why are you worried about a rock singer and not the president, lol.
2006-07-07 13:01:00 · answer #9 · answered by david c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't much like Bono, but being simple-minded about it and labeling governments "evil" isn't helping anything either.
2006-07-07 12:43:55 · answer #10 · answered by night_trekker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋