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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Helping the Unemployed

Steve Cole comments:

Recently, Jay Leno announced that he would go to Detroit and put on a free show (two hours of him telling jokes) for the unemployed in that hard-hit region. Shortly thereafter, tickets (given out free) began to appear on eBay for hundreds of dollars. Jay Leno was upset, and convinced eBay to block such sales.

Rush Limbaugh then took Jay Leno to task, noting that the people selling the tickets were unemployed and could use the money more than two hours of entertainment. Good point. If Rush was interested in fixing the mess (rather than his ratings) he might have called Jay Leno personally and discussed it with him, then announced (equally good for ratings) that he had shown Jay Leno the error of his judgment and convinced him to allow the sales.

Thinking this over a bit more, it occurred to me that perhaps Jay Leno (or anybody else wanting to give a free show to help the unemployed) might instead sell the tickets and donate the proceeds to the unemployed. Somebody like Jay Leno could sell a DVD of the event.

For that matter, why didn't Rush Limbaugh announce his own show, run the right way (sell the tickets, donate the money), and then sell a DVD of the event on his website and donate THAT money?