Shame on Bono

Bono's do-goodism has never bothered me as much as your typical celebrity's infantile social-consciousness, because he seemed at least to be driven to charity by virtue that Africa was such a basket case, but that he would love to see Africa be self-sufficient. Although he has clearly been active in simply handing out fish, he always seemed to be a "teach a man to fish" kinda guy underneath it all. Apparently not. I guess he would rather have Africa be a continent of welfare mothers and dads on the dole. And he is clearly wrong about his own home country. Ireland has prodcued well-educated citizens for decades, only that before Ireland aggressively opened up for business in the 1990s, those educated men and women were mostly over here tending bar or pouring concrete. It wasn't until Ireland dropped taxes and rolled out the welcome mat for the likes of Intel and Pfizer that people actually had a productive outlet for their educations and the economy boomed.

Note to Bono: Perhaps the lack of an "African Margaret Thatcher" is the reason people like you have to travel the globe exhorting handouts at your concerts.