Not quite the same thing but I remember watching that Queen film and Mercury saying they were doing it for free. All well and good but I was thinking if every millionaire rock star would just give a million pounds themselves they would produce a lot more than a pound from ordinary people who often don't have much. You need a lot of people giving a pound to get to a million.

It turned out that a lot of that money was wasted and given to corruption. The kindest thing you could do for the 3rd world is debt forgiveness. We give 'aid' that doesn't even cover the interest on debt so in essense we are actually making money and keeping people poor. Just let the debts go and stop propping up tyrants. Easier said than done.