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Are you ever struck by the absurdity of millionnaire celebrities “supporting” charities by having their hair and makeup professionally done, donning a couture gown, and going on stage to ask the John Smiths of the world to each send $5 of his minimum wage salary to the cause of the celebrity’s choice? Even worse is that the star herself will be earning as much money while doing this “charity work” as she solicits because the people watching her on stage will be reminded that she has a Grammy-winning song that they haven’t yet downloaded from iTunes.
Just once I would like to see a celebrity walk out on stage and say “There’s no need for anyone watching this at home to send a cheque because I’ve already given the charity the $5,000,000 they needed to raise this year, and since it only took me two weeks of work to earn, I figured I could spare it.”
Ironically, if any of them ever did that, they’d have my $5 before they could say “botox.”
