# Bailout Rejected: Please Help the Rich

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/10/04/bailout-rejected-please-help-rich/
- Published: 2008-10-04T21:49:42+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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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.

## Advertisement

“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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