I wanted to write a biting post about this idiotic scheme
Banks are to adopt a system that allows people to make a small donation to charity whenever they withdraw cash.
The plans are unveiled on Wednesday in a discussion paper published by Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, who wishes to foster a culture of charitable giving.
The Government also wants shops to offer customers the opportunity to “round up the pound†when using a debit or credit card, with the extra money going to charity.
Under the proposals, anyone making sizeable charitable donations would get letters from ministers.
Any National Lottery winners who donated part of their windfall to good causes would be publicised on television.
But I must admit that Lynne over at CCinZ has said everything I wanted to say, and probably better.
Go read.
Thank you for the link and the mention in dispatches. It is greatly appreciated. 😀
We already do this in the good ol’ US of A.
I can’t seem to escape from the Safeway grocer without being solicited for donations for the charity of the month.
Nancy had the answer decades ago:
“Just say NO!”
more attempts to shame people into “giving” to moochers.
These “charities” exist solely to cater to the lifestyles of their bigshot executives, hardly a penny is spent on actual charitable work.