November 04, 2006

Hypocrisy

Yes, Bono supports the forcible redistribution of wealth - as long as it's not his wealth.

A familiar paradox about leftist celebrities in the entertainment industry is that their embrace of progressivism almost never includes a wholehearted embrace of progressive taxation, i.e., the principle that the richer you get, the larger the percentage of your income you ought to pay in taxes.

Posted by Vox at November 4, 2006 11:16 AM | TrackBack | celebrities , politics
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