If you love Beyonce enough to put up this kind of money, then we feel bad for you. Beyonce and her mother Tina have come up with a fascinating idea: Pay them $25,000 and you’ll get thebchance to work for them, without pay, for one day only.
The singer is auctioning off this stunning opportunity through a company called CharityBuzz.com. We can say that the money isn’t going into her own pockets, and is instead going to charity.
The package includes a meet-and-greet with Beyonce; two VIP tickets to her Los Angeles show; a chance to spend the day working with Beyonce’s mother Tina in the wardrobe department and a Mrs. Carter Show World Tour “gift bag,” according to The Huffington Post. The auction has, thus far, received 10 bids, with the highest being $11,500.
So, even though there are fans willing to pay money to be close to Tina and Beyonce, there are also those who criticize the ladies for appearing tonexploit fan loyalty in such a seemingly blatant way.
“Disgusting! Beyonce is rich, she should just make the $25,000 donation herself rather than asking her fans to do it! #rip-off,” tweeted one person.
“Does Beyonce think that she’s that important that ppl will PAY $25,000 to work 4 her 4 free? That is theft in my opinion. Not worth it!” tweeted another follower.
“So let me get this straight. You have to pay Beyonce $25,000 to work FOR her for free? LOL! Get over yourself, her ego is out of this world!” tweeted another follower.
Beyonce’s problem could be with the wording of the campaign. Rather than offering people the chance to work for her for a fee, she probably should have sold the chance to meet with she and her mother to a rich donor who also wanted to do some good. This might be turning into a PR nightmare for Beyonce and her camp, since the story has gone viral on the Internet.
Beyonce and Tina have put together the Miss A Meal campaign, along with her sister Solange and singers Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. The campaign encourages people to miss a meal and donate the proceeds to charity.
“When we say ‘we are starving,’ we have to remember that there are people who are literally starving,” Tina said in a press release . “If everyone fed one person, one meal, we could make a huge difference.”
-Naturally Moi
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Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi and his father are being investigated in Spain for allegedly defrauding the state of more than 4m euros (£3.4m).
The 25-year-old Argentina forward and his father, Jorge Horacio, are suspected of filing fraudulent tax returns for 2007-09, officials say.
The World Player of the Year has so far made no comment on the allegation.
His net annual salary at Barcelona is said to be 16m euros, making him one of the world's highest-paid athletes.
On Wednesday, a complaint signed by prosecutor Raquel Amado was filed at the courthouse in Gava - the affluent Barcelona district where Messi lives.
Judges at the courthouse must accept the complaint before the suspects can be charged, reports say.
Messi and his father are suspected of using companies abroad - in Belize and Uruguay - to sell the rights to use the footballer's image.
The accusation is that by using companies based outside Spain where he lives and plays club football, Messi and his father avoided paying more than 4m euros in tax...
He wrote on his Facebook page: "We have never committed any infringement. We have always fulfilled all our tax obligations, following the advices of our tax consultants who will take care of clarifying this situation."
The investigation comes as the Spanish authorities step up their efforts to clamp down on tax fraud, as the government tries to balance its budget during a continuing economic crisis, - See more at: http://topeorekoya.blogspot.com/2013/06/lionel-messi-investigated-for-fraud-in.html#sthash.mzOyo7cw.dpuf
Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi and his father are being investigated in Spain for allegedly defrauding the state of more than 4m euros (£3.4m).
The 25-year-old Argentina forward and his father, Jorge Horacio, are suspected of filing fraudulent tax returns for 2007-09, officials say.
The World Player of the Year has so far made no comment on the allegation.
His net annual salary at Barcelona is said to be 16m euros, making him one of the world's highest-paid athletes.
On Wednesday, a complaint signed by prosecutor Raquel Amado was filed at the courthouse in Gava - the affluent Barcelona district where Messi lives.
Judges at the courthouse must accept the complaint before the suspects can be charged, reports say.
Messi and his father are suspected of using companies abroad - in Belize and Uruguay - to sell the rights to use the footballer's image.
The accusation is that by using companies based outside Spain where he lives and plays club football, Messi and his father avoided paying more than 4m euros in tax...
He wrote on his Facebook page: "We have never committed any infringement. We have always fulfilled all our tax obligations, following the advices of our tax consultants who will take care of clarifying this situation."
The investigation comes as the Spanish authorities step up their efforts to clamp down on tax fraud, as the government tries to balance its budget during a continuing economic crisis, - See more at: http://topeorekoya.blogspot.com/2013/06/lionel-messi-investigated-for-fraud-in.html#sthash.mzOyo7cw.dpuf
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