A word to Mr. Bono
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Dear Bono,I hear you're having some tax trouble lately. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/business/yourmoney/04amster.html?_r=1&oref=sloginhttp://www.slate.com/id/2152580/You beloved manager is moving your money around so you don't have to give the Emerald Isle a chunk of your income, and after all the years of very generous tax rates they had given you before!Now, I'm a fan. I have all the albums save the last one (the most accurate word in the title being “Bomb”). Hell, I even got the first greatest hits to get the B-Sides disc. I never got around to getting Rattle and Hum, but that's how it goes. And you guys were great the one time I saw you even though I was way way way back in the arena. And not only did I buy your albums with money, I also pay taxes! And so do the vast majority of your fans. Many of your fans also donate to charity. Somehow they swing it on a non-rock star salary. I joined Amnesty after seeing it in U2 liner notes. Granted I was still a teenager and didn't have much money to donate and got tired of being shaken down for money, but I think my heart was in the right place.Now, I know the Rolling Stones (and probably most other dino-bands that are still making money) do the same thing. But the Stones are not a role model in any sense, except of course in making a lot of money and doing a lot of drugs and being irresponsible and not paying taxes. But they have made no progress in relieving third world debt, and I wouldn't trust them to care for a pet, or really anything.So before I buy a red iPod, or another U2 album (assuming y'all figure out how to make great albums again), I'd like to see your tax forms.Thanks,Max
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