Bailout Rejected: Please Help the Rich

Howard Lake | 4 October 2008 | News

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With the subtitle “Wealthy financial institutions don’t have enough of your money yet”, this is a spoof DRTV fundraising appeal on behalf of ‘Save-a-Mega-Firm Miracle Fund’, courtesy of Funny or Die.

“Why not sponsor a floundering financial institution?” asks the presenter.

“For less than the price of a cup of coffee every day you could help keep a poorly managed corporation afloat” he adds.

Supporters of this fund can receive updates from the bankers that they are sponsoring. One grateful letter is read out:

“Dear Linda, thank you for the $40. Yesterday I was able to renew my subscription to Super Yacht Quarterly. PLus Lehman Brothers gave me a $2.4 million bonus. It was the first time I have smiled in many weeks.”

Funny? Obvious? Maybe, but it made me smile.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.