'Now that is funny. I will have to remember that one. But really, who 'doesn't' want to punch Bono in the face?"
Unlike some of the rich, he deserves it: Bono's ONE foundation under fire for giving little over 1% of funds to charity Bono's anti-poverty foundation ONE is under pressure to explain its finances after it was revealed that only a small percentage of money it raises reaches the needy. The non-profit organisation set up by the U2 frontman received almost £9.6million in donations in 2008 but handed out only £118,000 to good causes (1.2 per cent). The figures published by the New York Post also show that £5.1million went towards paying salaries.J http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314543/Bonos-ONE-foundation-giving-tiny-percentage-funds-charity.html - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:02 PM, PT <[email protected]> wrote: > > He has some points. > > On 3/16/2012 8:52 PM, Sam wrote: > a matter of luck than of hard work. A > > 2005 study of 29 countries found that where taxes are high and wealth > > is redistributed through social programs, people are much more likely > > to believe that success is a result of luck. > > It is to some extent. It's a mixture, really. It isn't a bad thing. > It's just reality. > > A 1996 study found that > > people who disagreed that "government has a responsibility to reduce > > income inequality," gave four times as much to charity as those who > > agreed. And those who disagreed "strongly" gave eleven times as much. > > Sure. They have to at least pretend they care! > > > Charity aids the giver as well as the recipient. Teenagers who > > volunteered their time were far less likely five years later to report > > serious life problems than those who didn't volunteer. > > Probably because the type of people who are likely to volunteer as > teenagers are more well adjusted already and have more of a social > advantage going into the future. That's like saying that people who see > their Doc regularly are more healthy than people who don't. Well, duh. > Though not a teenager any more, I try to help out by testing the MTBF > of various computer components for the industry. > > When the > > state expands and soaks up more and more of the helping opportunities > > for those in need, it creates "learned helplessness" among the needy > > and deprives others of the improving possibilities of charity and > > service. > > I can't argue with this one too much. It does happen. There is a fine > line between helping someone get back on their feet and carrying them. > There is also a difference between lazy and disillusioned ... unless > someone is too lazy to not be disillusioned ... or something. > > But with every passing day, that > > spirit is being sapped by the government behemoth. > > In more ways than one. People are just tired, I think. A lot feel beat > down, even the ones who are successful. The founding fathers were not > only ahead of their time, but ahead of ours too. > > Brooks relates a > > telling anecdote from the singer Bono: > > > > In Ireland people have an interesting attitude to success; they > > look down on it. In America, you look up at . . . the mansion on the > > hill and say, "One day . . . that could be me." In Ireland, they look > > up at the mansion on the hill and go, "One day I'm gonna get that > > bastard." > > Now that is funny. I will have to remember that one. But really, who > *doesn't* want to punch Bono in the face? > > > That's the spirit of the Democratic party. > > The spirit is fine. There is nothing wrong with having that philosophy > (within reason). The Dems believe they are helping and I believe they > are trying to do the right thing, it's just the constant poor execution > that is the problem. The same with Republicans. We only ever here > about what is going wrong because the media loves to talk about that > more than the things that have worked, so many people have a distorted > view of reality. Conflict is exciting! > > It's the mode of President > > Obama's demonization of "millionaires and billionaires." If > > successful, Brooks warns, it will smother the greatest engine for > > prosperity especially for the poor in human histo > > Complete socialism would indeed be a bad thing, just as pure capitalism > would be. A socialist welfare state would be a disaster. Trickle down > economics is complete crap, too. Everything in moderation ;) > > So, liberalism is not immoral despite what those filthy, pot smoking > hippies and rich, amoral corporate jerkwads are trying so hard to get > people to believe. :) > > Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go make sure an orphan gets a hot > meal and then kick them a few times while reminding them that without my > help, they would be dead in the street. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348761 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
