[jambutty]

By definition a charity is PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME AND MONEY to help the less fortunate with the operative word being GIVING. To GIVE something means that you get NOTHING in return.

So how come these various charities have paid employees coordinating the collection and distribution of donations? Some of whom make a very good living out of it. Some charities even have people who coordinate the efforts to raise funds and they get paid for doing so. Something wrong there! Why don’t these fund raisers GIVE THEIR TIME FOR FREE?

The other question I would ask is why do we need charities? We need charities because the public has decided that there is a need for something.

But hang on! We pay taxes so that the government of the day can take care of all the public needs. Isn’t that why we pay taxes? So that the government can take care of the public need.

Take the RNLI for instance. There is a need to have what is the FOURTH EMERGENCY SERVICE yet it is totally funded by public subscription. RSPCA, RSPCC to mention two more. Those charities exist because the public found that there was a need for them and because the government did not cater for those needs the public rolled up their collective sleeves and set up a charity to address the issue. How many hospitals have had vital equipment bought for them from public donations when the government who fund the NHS failed to supply what was NECESSARY.

The government knows that if a public need is identified all the government needs to do is to drag its collective heels and sooner or later the general public will respond and set up a charity to take care of that need. Thus removing the need of government intervention and the cost associated with it. Money that they spend on illegal wars and funding projects that benefit the few.

We, the general public, have and will continue to help ourselves when the need arises and the government knows that we will. So they let us get on with it whilst taxing us more and more.

We have even been conned into buying lottery tickets for good causes and even here the government takes a slice of each pound that you spend.

This current government even encourages people to join the ‘Voluntary’ sector. Why?