protestors holding up ordinary people

[noseall]

But it’s easier to be philanthropic with other people’s money.

Inheritance?

 

[motorbiking]

tax.

 

[noseall]

tax.

Philanthropic with tax? Eh, WTF are you dribbling about? Are you having another yacht varnish moment?

 

[motorbiking]

Its easy to support taxes "for the good of society" when you aren't the one paying them.

Not hard to get your head round, even for you?

 

[noseall]

Its easy to support taxes "for the good of society" when you aren't the one paying them.

Not hard to get your head round, even for you?

Collecting and spending tax is not a philanthropic endeavour. Even a yacht varnish addled Tory can get his head around that.

 

[motorbiking]

I would like there to be a tax that only builders paid. We will use the money to build up the NHS. Are you with me? No? How strange.

 

[noseall]

I would like there to be a tax that only builders paid. We will use the money to build up the NHS. Are you with me? No? How strange.

Oh I see. You are fantasising (hallucinating) again.

(NURSE!)

 

[Brigadier]

Its easy to support taxes "for the good of society" when you aren't the one paying them.

On the flipside, it's easy - for some, anyway - to contribute to charities that they are unlikely to ever need, nor benefit from.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I would like there to be a tax that only builders paid. We will use the money to build up the NHS. Are you with me? No? How strange.

Even poor builders? Ones that have suffered injury and cant work?

What about the bosses of big buildding firms receiving big bonuses ?

 

[motorbiking]

On the flipside, it's easy - for some, anyway - to contribute to charities that they are unlikely to ever need, nor benefit from.

voluntarily.

 

[Brigadier]

voluntarily.

Which reinforces my point.

Contributing for the good of others is, for some of us anyway, something we do not because we have to, but because we want to.

 

[noseall]

Contributing for the good of others is, for some of us anyway, something we do not because we have to, but because we want to.

When you despise a whole group of people just for existing, i.e. the poor, Muslims, women etc, it's easy to scoff and make absurd statements about philanthropy or some such.

 

[JohnD]

Bikerboy wants to sneer at me for being poor, and is irked that I don't confirm his fantasy.

 

[transam]

Bikerboy wants to sneer at me for being poor, and is irked that I don't confirm his fantasy.

Says the bloke altering some ones user name in an attempt to what ?

Yes exactly

Poor

 

[motorbiking]

Which reinforces my point.

Contributing for the good of others is, for some of us anyway, something we do not because we have to, but because we want to.

I give plenty to charity and volunteer too.