Giving to charities

[splodgeyAl]

Strange, isn't it.

 

When the government suggested that people might wish to pay £1, with:

 

28p to 'good causes' as defined by Parliament

12p to the Government as duty

5p to retailers as commission,

5p to the administrators (in this scheme the banks)

and the other 50 pence being returned to the donors there were a few complaints, but there was a huge take-up.

 

Nobody seemed too worried about donating a pound and only 28p going to questionable 'good causes'.

 

 

 

You can still give as much as you like to whatever charities you prefer. It sounds as if this scheme will make giving slightly easier ... my only reservation is that perhaps there might be pressure on people to give, which would do more harm than good. - Might even result in decreased income to charities.

 

Why does the government need 'a ploy to get out of paying'? If they decide they are going to reduce state funding of something then they will probably do so. If the charities can, then no doubt they will pick up the slack, but if they can't they won't.

 

Really? Nobody objects? I don't recall you canvassing me...

[iansheff]

People are being asked to take a paycut, others are losing their jobs and the Government have the gall to ask people to give to charity when they use their cards. As others have said, I will choose what money of mine goes to charity and which charity it goes to. As for the comment about lottery winners giving to charity being publicised on tv, I would imagine that is the last thing some people want, I bet there will be a big increase in begging letters next year.

[Fartown]

People are being asked to take a paycut, others are losing their jobs and the Government have the gall to ask people to give to charity when they use their cards. As others have said, I will choose what money of mine goes to charity and which charity it goes to...

 

From what (little) I've read, nobody is going to be forced to give money to anybody.

 

Assuming (and hoping) that the 'request' will be a simple Yes or No, with no attempt at persuasion, what's the problem? If you go into a pub and the landlord has an RNLI collection box (one of my favourite charities ) on the corner of the bar, might you put a few pennies of change in the box or would you feel affronted by the presence of the collection box?

[Fartown]

Really? Nobody objects? I don't recall you canvassing me...

 

Re-read the post you quoted. I said: "...there were a few complaints..." and "...Nobody seemed too worried about donating a pound and only 28p going to questionable 'good causes'..."

 

Are the government (or is anybody else) required to canvass you before they do anything?

[alchemist]

I suspect the "charities" the government want you to contribute will be the ones that support the poor downtrodden bankers who have to exist on the pittance they get, or the ones that support the equally poor MPs