• Sprokes@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Many rich people are “donating” to avoid paying taxes and it another way for marketing. You are the proof of that, you are defending and promoting her.

    Billionaires like her are the reason we have poverty and charity associations

    • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 months ago

      You are 100% correct that many billionaires do that. As cogman mentioned above, having a “charity” that you run yourself as a billionaire is absolutely a common tax scam. That’s not what she’s doing though. She’s actually spending the money.

      Also in terms of marketing, like, are you serious? Her music speaks for itself to her fans, they don’t care about any of this. My words here aren’t going to influence someone to go listen to her music or buy a concert ticket. To believe that they could is simply ludicrous.

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        9 months ago

        It’s not a literal tax scam, it’s just free PR due to tax reasons. You donate and you pay less tax

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          9 months ago

          You donate and you pay less tax

          As a US citizen, she is only allowed to claim donations to charities registered in the US. The $100k she just dropped in Melbourne, Australia wouldn’t be eligible for example. Therefore it’s not free PR, she actually paid about $100k for it.