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Poverty Campaigner Bono Defends His Billion-Dollar Business

December 17th, 2007 7:00pm EST Post a comment

Rocker Bono has defended his decision to set up a $1.9 billion investment company, insisting it doesn't contradict his image as a poverty-campaigner. The U2 frontman is one of five co-founders of Elevation Partners - named after one of the band's songs -

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Tue Dec 18 2007 01:03:08 By: dragican (

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What a crock o' Irish B.S.!
Why do you sell your ideas, music political crap--(that you have no business being in) why not DONATE them to Charity for a good cause...I used to believe in you and what you stood for--at least I thought--because you sure do "SELL" it well...In the end you're NO DIFFERENT than any other Captalist Pig out only looking out for for NO 1! And why you supposedly care about the impoverished? Only to get more PUBLICITY, so you can be in the limelight so you can keep on selling your stuff--whatever name you may give it at the moment.
What a sellout...I'll never buy another U2 CD again.

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Tue Dec 18 2007 01:16:04 By: dragican (

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How many billions do you need to live comfortably?
What about people like myself who dedicate their lives in the service profession-we teachers who are in the trenches with America's youth-in the classrooms trying to make a difference. How can I explain/rationalize to kids that Show Biz Idols who started with nothing maybe, can keep their virtues and humanity... that in the end it really is $$$ that talks?
You amke more money in one day, maybe even in one HOUR than I do all year. Where is this country going? All kids "wanna be rock stars, wanna be rich." Who's going to do all those meaningful, thankless, unglamourous, underpaid jobs, such as teaching,coaching?

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