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# really? what are the figures?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:09, archived)
# as far as i am aware
he "endorses" charity so he gives some time. No actual money out of his own pocket.
(funkenstein Be pure! Be vigilant! Behave!, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:12, archived)
# not true AT ALL
(I helped save b3ta! mr horrible up yours, dickface, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:15, archived)
# Isn't time money?
(I helped save b3ta! The Twisted Omentum vidi vici veni, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:16, archived)
# To generalize....
If MrHorrible's figures are correct and U2 made $255m last year - or in 2005 ;D ...

Split that 4 ways (each band member) = $63m
Divide by 12 (months in the year) = $5.3m
Divide by 20 (working days a month - he takes a few days off a month) = $265,625
Divide by 7 (hours of work a day - he doesn't work through lunch) = $37,946 per hour

So every hour he's standing at the front of a charity function he's giving them $37,946
And how much have you given this year?

:D (don;t bother arguing I'm joking with these numbers obviously)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:27, archived)
# I'd say that is quite impressive

also: last year wasn't 2005
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:31, archived)
# I wouldn't argue with that much to spend on sweets
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:32, archived)
# I think time is of much more value to him than money anyway

So he's not buying off his conscience by giving large sums of money. Good.
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:45, archived)
# lols
thats more than i make in a year in 2 hours.
(funkenstein Be pure! Be vigilant! Behave!, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:32, archived)
# generous ain't he
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:36, archived)
# He loses nothing by doing it, I'm guessing most of the money is royalties which roll in anyway.
Plus, as mentioned, he gets the significant publicity benefits from doing it.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:38, archived)
# Well more than that obviously
I'm not tight you know!
(I helped save b3ta! The Twisted Omentum vidi vici veni, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:53, archived)
# in 2005:
"U2 have taken the top spot in Billboard magazine's inaugural Money Makers chart in the US with income of $255,022,633.35.

Billboard reports that the chart compiles album and digital sales with box office receipts during 2005."

Charity donation figures to follow.
(I helped save b3ta! mr horrible up yours, dickface, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:15, archived)
# cor, that's a lot of money
have you got other peoples? I assume the Rolling Stones are quite close behind
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:21, archived)
# who's Kenny Chesney?!
I assume Country singer, I'd never heard of the bloke before. Crikey that's a lucrative market.
And looks like the Green Day marketing department have done a great job of selling the no sell out range at Claire's Accessories :D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:35, archived)
# make sure
you include the tax benefits they get from it..
(funkenstein Be pure! Be vigilant! Behave!, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:21, archived)
# the tax is one area that they are sods for sure, same as the Rolling Stones
but the list of cocks who make their money in one place then fuck off elsewhere to save on Taxes is as long as your arm.

But they do have to be neighbours with cnuts like Phil Collins and Lewis Hamilton, so its not all good :D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 21:29, archived)