Michele points out a rather revolting aspect of this whole Live8 crapfest...
The performers at the Live 8 show in Philadelphia are getting thousands of dollars in gifts. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that celebrities at the event will be given designer suits, satellite radio subscriptions, Gibson guitars, $125 ties, $330 sweat suits and watches worth between $1,500 and $6,000. Total worth: $12,000.The products were donated by manufacturers. Giving celebrities gift bags is common for award shows like the Grammys or the Oscars. Loyola Marymount University business and ethics professor Thomas White says it's not unethical, but it is a gray zone.
Are the Live8 concerts being classified as charitable non-profit events? If so, then the contents of these gift baskets can be written off by these companies.
That's right. Giving a $16,000 freebie to a spoiled rotten rich celebrity is deductible when handing a bum a dollar isn't.
I don't care whether it's unethical or not. I find that outright revolting.
Maybe Africa needs to hold a concert for the rest of the world and get sponsors to fall over themselves filling gift baskets for every African with food, medicine, condoms, and ballots?
Comments (2)
Perfect. Just perfect.
I've been away for a week and was wondering if there would be anything to write about when I got home. Lo and behold Live 8 and Tom Cruise pop-up.
These asshats never disappoint.
Posted by Buckley F. Williams | July 3, 2005 11:01 AM
Posted on July 3, 2005 11:01
Solution: never take a break.
Posted by Laurence Simon | July 4, 2005 7:50 AM
Posted on July 4, 2005 07:50