Charities..
When John Major established The National Lottery in 1994 the theory behind it was clear.
In an interview he explained: “My original vision for the Lottery was to fund a renaissance in sport, the arts and our heritage“. Tony Blair seemed to support the idea of the ‘people’s lottery, but added : “We don’t believe it would be right to use lottery money to pay for things which are the Government’s responsibilities.”
He was right. And so it is with charities.
Kids Company
“At Kids Company we never give up on a child”. The reason they have to do this is presumably because the government has done.
By paying Kids Company large amounts of money it is a way of abrogating their responsibilities and assuaging their guilt.
So £46 million went from the Governments coffers, and I would imagine most of it did a lot of good to a lot of people.
They probably did more good with the money than :-
- The NHS IT system fiasco launched in 2002 wasted £9.8 billion (probably nearer £12 billion) of tax payers money.
- The tax payer funded subsidy for MP’s food and drink in Parliament costs us £6 million each year yet MP’s earn more than £67,000 a year, with a substantial allowance and pension package on top. Why must taxpayers (averaging just £22,000 a year) subsidise their wine, beer and food? (source – the4thagenda.co.uk)
Trident, Id cards and the selling of our gold, at an historically low price, add to up to a grand total of another £100 billion.
£46 million to help a lot of kids? Money well spent!
Help is for Heroes
If the armed services recruits a soldier, and then sends him/her into a dangerous war zone, then it is the Government’s responsibility to look after that soldier. To try to keep that soldier safe, by giving him all the protection that modern armour and vehicles can provide. In the Iraq war and Afghanistan this clearly wasn’t the case. There were numerous reports of severe shortage of equipment (and in some cases, food) for our brave boys and girls on the front line.
So – the soldier suffers horrendous injuries. Limbs are lost, flesh is burnt. It then becomes the Governments DUTY to look after their employee, in the best way possible. A failure to do so is a gross dereliction of that DUTY. Help is for Heroes, should not need to exist. They are their picking up the work that the Government should be doing.
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