A follow on in my response to Mike Ervin (ADAPT) story... A solution that DAN has been campaiging for years that 'Charities are part of the problem, not the solution' and let's get the Government ('the people') to re-claim the billions of taxes from these Charities that can then go direct (recycled') to 'the people' where's it's needed most are 'grassroots levels'...
Charities want a bail-out: they shouldn’t get a penny - Telegraph Blogs
Source: blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Now charities want state aid, too. Ministers have announced a £40 million bail-out for what is still laughably called the "voluntary sector". (What exactly is voluntary about it? Its ...
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/8521744/Charities_want_a_bailout_they_shouldnt_get_a_penny/
Is charity more effective than tax?
As thousands of holiday-makers fly off for their summer breaks on bargain-basement fares, the Government has suggested raising taxes on air travel to dampen demand and curb pollution
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1525864/Is-charity-more-effective-than-tax.html
Colin Revell
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