tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6971249603906666880..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Ya Think?JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-46763184898503351592011-05-25T22:35:01.567+01:002011-05-25T22:35:01.567+01:00"One, it's not up to governmrent to '..."One, it's not up to governmrent to 'change the culture' of anything. Especially because all the changes they've managed to make so far have been for the worst!"<br /><br />- Oh but it has to be. Do you like the fact that there are people who think it is okay to hang around and live on benefits? Encouraging people to work, buy making work pay, is an attempt to change culture<br /><br />"Secondly, that's bribing me with some of my own money back. How gracious of them. Like potential charity donations, it's my money, and I'LL decide what to do with it!"<br /><br />Either it goes into some amorphous pot and is dolled out by a politican or you get to choose how it is spent. It may not be perfect, but its better than the alternative.<br /><br />To put it in perspective, my Dad put most of my inheritence into a charitable trust and I am now having huge amount of fun giving the money away. Not something I had a choice over, but you make the best of the situationCharlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-59238232926285166322011-05-25T05:30:47.386+01:002011-05-25T05:30:47.386+01:00"...we may even be able to kill off charitabl...<i>"...we may even be able to kill off charitable begging for good as people are getting fed up with those charity shysters overdoing it."</i> <br /><br />Unlikely to kill it off, but very likely to change the methods the bigger charities use to go about it.<br /><br /><i>"...it seems as though very little has changed in the last five months."</i> <br /><br />So much for a 'listening government'... ;)<br /><br /><i>"What I do is give to small charities, where I can be certain they don't have a Director of Communications or whatever, on £100,000 a year."</i> <br /><br />Ditto (apart from Poppy Appeal and RNLI. Or I ask a small charity what they need, and buy them that. Animal charities are always grateful for extra bedding and food.<br /><br /><i>"To be fair to the government, they are simply trying to change the culture of giving. Their proposal is that people who leave a certain percentage of their will to charity get a discount off inheritance tax."</i><br /><br />One, it's not up to governmrent to 'change the culture' of anything. Especially because all the changes they've managed to make so far have been for the worst!<br /><br />Secondly, that's bribing me with some of my own money back. How gracious of them. Like potential charity donations, it's my money, and I'LL decide what to do with it!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-75656527810990719362011-05-24T23:23:04.241+01:002011-05-24T23:23:04.241+01:00To be fair to the government, they are simply tryi...To be fair to the government, they are simply trying to change the culture of giving. Their proposal is that people who leave a certain percentage of their will to charity get a discount off inheritance tax.<br /><br />What's not to like about that proposal?Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-85964114679813102802011-05-24T18:47:25.252+01:002011-05-24T18:47:25.252+01:00"I hereby state, here and now – the charities..."I hereby state, here and now – the charities that sign up to, or support, this scheme, will get not a single penny from me ever again" ...<br /><br />And the same goes for any shop or member of its staff, who has the effrontery to ask me if I'd like to particiapte in this legalised version of begging ..<br /><br />The Charities which I support are ..<br /><br />The RNLI<br /><br />The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal<br /><br />Help4Heroes <br /><br />The remainder are politely invited to "perch & pivot" ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-86594740793875444682011-05-24T13:47:27.911+01:002011-05-24T13:47:27.911+01:00Nothing will change, Clarissa - politicians are tr...Nothing will change, Clarissa - politicians are transmit-only devices. They don't give the proverbial rat's rectum what you or anyone else thinks - because, They Know Best!<br /><br />As for charities (sic) I have had too much (professional) exposure to them to have anything at all to do with the big ones - they are, for the most part, self-perpetuating job opportunities for professional grievance-mongers.<br /><br />What I do is give to small charities, where I can be certain they don't have a Director of Communications or whatever, on £100,000 a year.Uncle Badgernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-59476880105947704912011-05-24T13:36:37.906+01:002011-05-24T13:36:37.906+01:00I ripped the green paper on 'charitable giving...I ripped the <a href="http://www.misanthropegirl.me.uk/2010/12/31/charity-begins-at-1" rel="nofollow">green paper on 'charitable giving'</a> apart over Christmas and whilst I have yet to read the white paper (and give it the same treatment) it seems as though very little has changed in the last five months.Clarissahttp://www.misanthropegirl.me.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-10778932852956843012011-05-24T13:03:08.236+01:002011-05-24T13:03:08.236+01:00I will accept rounding up on restaurant bills if t...I will accept rounding up on restaurant bills if the government rounds down their demands.<br /><br />Um, say, round down to next to nothing?<br /><br />Wait... sudden wild idea... can me and mine be registered as a charity and receive a share of this abundant cash? <br /><br />We are worthy, etc.Worth whilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-41422014747268741452011-05-24T12:59:17.445+01:002011-05-24T12:59:17.445+01:00That's 'for me'.
Doh.That's 'for <i>me</i>'.<br />Doh.Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-23605673824297811702011-05-24T12:57:55.998+01:002011-05-24T12:57:55.998+01:00Well said, Julia.
Far too much of my money is take...Well said, Julia.<br />Far too much of my money is taken in taxation for be to consider any type of charitable giving.Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-45857207214008434842011-05-24T10:41:21.992+01:002011-05-24T10:41:21.992+01:00Sounds like a perfect opportunity for therapeutic ...Sounds like a perfect opportunity for therapeutic anger release :)<br /><br />I'm looking forward to being fantastically rude, loud and embarrassing in a 'good cause'...<br /><br />And I encourage anyone to be 'democratic' about their displeasure, we may even be able to kill off charitable begging for good as people are getting fed up with those charity shysters overdoing it.Hexenoreply@blogger.com