tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post117020027521457398..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: They're Not Just Racist ...Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-37196858512738159042007-02-02T09:15:00.000+00:002007-02-02T09:15:00.000+00:00The rich are generally socialists because...
1) Re...The rich are generally socialists because...<br />1) Real riches are usually the result of luck (whereas merely being well off, is usually more deserved)<br />2) They feel guilty<br />3) They can afford to beSerfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03298915724856708344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-47434400752950090802007-02-01T13:46:00.000+00:002007-02-01T13:46:00.000+00:00Huh?
Before comparing charitable giving as betwee...Huh?<br /><br />Before comparing charitable giving as between the US and the UK, ask how much tax UK citizens have to pay. Remember to include council tax, fuel duty (which includes a tax on a tax), etc etc etc.<br /><br />Then bear in mind that in the US charitable giving is tax-deductible.<br /><br />After thinking all that through, you might be able to compare like with like. Maybe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-90741014875112034582007-01-31T11:38:00.000+00:002007-01-31T11:38:00.000+00:00Only the rich can afford to be socialists.Only the rich can afford to be socialists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-62729771020360030272007-01-31T11:08:00.000+00:002007-01-31T11:08:00.000+00:00I give less than £600 pa, I admit. I used to give...I give less than £600 pa, I admit. I used to give more than I do now, but got pissed off at the politicisation of charities, which I oppose on two grounds. (1) They shouldn't be political at all. (2) The politics they adopt is always dim leftism.<br />The kibosh, though, was sitting in a cafe in Oxford and overhearing Oxfam administrators, at the tops of their voices, disparaging the volunteers who keep Oxfam going and provide them with their livelihoods. Cunts.deariemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654632450454559188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-35702078205225530342007-01-31T09:03:00.000+00:002007-01-31T09:03:00.000+00:00All those repubs also tend to come from homogenous...All those repubs also tend to come from homogenously white heartland states, or the similarly racially constituted rural areas in coast states. Salter predicts that the level of altruism increases with the likelihood of any random beneficiary of your giving being closely related to you. <br /><br />Is that, perhaps, why we are so much less trusting and so much more cynical these days, as is bemoaned, but not explained, by a veritable falange of kosher conservatives?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1170226913633069272007-01-31T07:01:00.001+00:002007-01-31T07:01:00.001+00:00English evenEnglish evenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1170226881934747662007-01-31T07:01:00.000+00:002007-01-31T07:01:00.000+00:00They are religiousness"religiosity"...please...whe...<I>They are religiousness</I><BR/><BR/>"religiosity"...please...where did this fetish for making english leaden with "-ness" on everything come from ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com