Should council drop permit charges for Our Space?
#21
Posted 19 October 2006 - 11:19 PM
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
#22
Posted 31 October 2006 - 09:32 AM
#23
Posted 31 October 2006 - 10:04 AM
As a fiscal conservative you should welcome NGOs and church orgs. as they usually take over services that have been taken away by the government.
#24
Posted 13 December 2006 - 07:04 AM
The thing i find so frustrating about these sorts of discussions is that no one ever wants to get to the cause of homelessless and without that, the solution will forever elude us.
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Posted 21 July 2007 - 10:22 AM
#26
Posted 23 July 2007 - 01:22 PM
Or, I guess I forget who I'm replying to. You probably want to tax out all charity so none is offered. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST LOLZ MORE MONEY FOR MEEE.
#27
Posted 23 July 2007 - 01:47 PM
I agree that churches should pay tax like any other service, but charity should never pay taxes. The lack of tax for charity is a sort of thank you from the government for doing their job and skipping the middle man. It's either we pay taxes which then go through quite a few steps where the money shrinks each time then finally ending up in a badly managed social program, or people just doing the social program them selves. Isn't this the perfect right wing libertarian approach to charity?
Or, I guess I forget who I'm replying to. You probably want to tax out all charity so none is offered. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST LOLZ MORE MONEY FOR MEEE.
Yes it is. We would like no taxes to got to social programs. They should all be paid through service organizations and churches membership and fundraising. Then people who want to contribute do (and can choose where they want to direct their charity), instead of the govermment making us contribute to whatever they deem fitting to tax us for.
#28
Posted 23 July 2007 - 02:53 PM
#29
Posted 23 July 2007 - 10:01 PM
#30
Posted 03 August 2007 - 12:15 AM
I like classic movies like A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist. "Please sir, may I have some more?" "What! You want MORE!?" "BAH HUMBUG! HUMBUG, I say!"
Remember, if you are too much a softy, you will get taken advantaged of. Just look at those virginal tourist who have no idea about the local pan handling problem. They are fresh meat into the grinder.
Some pissed of Security Guard wrote to Monday Magazine complaining on how Victoria is turning in to a slum hole. An ignored street beggar patted him down and tried to search his pockets for spare change. The off duty guard slapped his hands away. I would probably punch, kick, and beat the bum who tries to search my pockets for money.
These charities and other "social agencies" are attracting some of these social deviants downtown. It's like an underclass theme park for them and day at the fair for them. Oh yeah, I just love living and commuting next to really screwed up people! Please sir, may I have some more? I can't get enough of the dead beats!
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