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On 2018-02-10, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 16:43:51 -0700
>>>> Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> That is supposed to be the theory. I agree that a lot is skimmed off, and
>>>>> a lot more goes to pay for stuff I may not agree with, but without taxes
>>>>> to pay for roads, bridges, etc. we'd be in a real mess.
>>>> 
>>>> I sometimes wonder, here the best palliative care unit in the
>>>> country was built from local donations.
>>>> 
>>> My personal feeling, based on what I've seen, is that's generally true.
>>> Anything the government "gives" you is so surrounded by pettifogging rules
>>> and restrictions that it's only slightly better than nothing. We should
>>> encourage more private charity and less government.
>> 
>> BS.
>> 
>> Those "charities" are 99% religions.
>> Ie. scam artists, perverts.
>> 
>> Why don't we leave your future security up to them.
>> Me, I'll take my chances with paying taxes and hope that
>> some of the people in office care about the common good.
>> 
>
> Tsk, tsk, so cynical. There are a number of charities, religious and
> otherwise, that spend all or nearly all of what they take in for its
> intended purpose (verified by audit). A number of non-religious charities
> such as the Red Cross take a good chop off the top. If you donate for a
> specific cause, for example Irma relief, there's no guarantee that any of
> your contribution actually is used for that. There are websites that
> provide information on charities.
>


latest in ireland is non-religious, but is accused of having
3.5million 'resting in its accounts', when the authorities here
discovered that, ie, someone complained, it was further discovered
that the founder had been in jail for a month in Zurich.

You don't have to be religious to be a crook, but it helps.

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greymaus.ireland.ie
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