Read my posts on U2 tax move thread. There is nothing wrong or hypocritical about what Bono or U2 did. In a nutshell, the bands company that handles royalties from radio play, album sales, etc, U2 LTD moved to the Netherlands to pay lower artist taxes. Only 1/3 of U2's income comes from this company, the rest they pay a good deal of taxes to Ireland on. Its not like they pay nothing to Ireland, they pay more than most Irish corporations pay to Ireland! Also, most of their money from album sales and royalties is earned outside of Ireland, so they should be able to base the business whereever they want. They earn the money all over, it is an international business, and they based it where the most favorable tax rate was. Nothing illegal or even wrong. The Netherlands gives a significantly greater portion of aid to Africa than does Ireland.
POLITICIANS like this guy always look to the media to help them score cheap political points off things that are completely untrue. Better than talking about the real issues, right? It should be clear given the state we are in as a country that most of these politicians do not know what the hell they are talking about. For example, we have the two weakest candidates, in terms of experience and ability, Hillary and Obama, up against another Bush, McCain, in what is the election that will determine whether we survive as a country or not. There is literally no margin for error. Look who gets kicked to the curb, the 2 BEST MOST QUALIFIED candidates in either party, Biden and Richardson. I digress just to show how stupid the whole process is, sorry! If that guy did any research at all, he would know Bono puts his money where his mouth is in terms of giving. He gives to charities, spends time in Africa helping, lends his fame to the One Campaign, Aids groups, you name it. He has given so much of his time, energy, and money to take risks to start businesses to help farmers and workers in the developing world, etc, I could go on and on, but everyone here knows this. Also, this guy is NOT a senator and will not be. His primary opponent, Merkel, is the real deal and is the guy who will win the seat.