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Written by Sadderp 🇮🇪 🇪🇺🇫🇷 on 2024-12-23 at 09:09

Clement Attlee said: “Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.” As we hurtle towards 2025, perhaps it is time our society edged towards such progress. Modern Britain should not be run like the final pages of A Christmas Carol, in which Tiny Tim must rely on Scrooge waking up in a good mood to be permitted to live. Donate to a good cause this Christmas, please. But don’t forget the unseasonal truth: every time a charity helps a person find food or clothes, it is a sign of government failure.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/23/britain-victorian-christmas-charity-state-social-economic-problems?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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Written by Fish Id Wardrobe on 2024-12-23 at 10:33

@Sadderp I'm in two minds about this. I think there are many signs that government has always failed regular people; that it's a self-serving thing only. I wonder if we could do better without it.

I don't think this will ever happen, and even if it did it would require regular people to be a lot more grown-up.

But if we ever reached that point, we'd definitely need charity, or something like it — it is, after all, supposed to be a virtue.

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Written by Sadderp 🇮🇪 🇪🇺🇫🇷 on 2024-12-23 at 11:02

@fishidwardrobe

I have always believed there should never be a case for any charitable organisations.

It just shows a failure with government and society.

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Written by Sadderp 🇮🇪 🇪🇺🇫🇷 on 2024-12-23 at 14:40

@fishidwardrobe

Why in the UK is there Cancer Research and the Heart Foundation?

Surely government should be paying to research cancer cures and heart problems?

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Written by Fish Id Wardrobe on 2024-12-23 at 15:31

@Sadderp Well, two separate questions. Should they be independent? yes. should the govt give them (our) money? also yes.

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