- Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:47 pm
#379372
Looks like their Tories have been taking lessons from ours. Or is it the other way round?
I was under the impression that trying to preventing poverty was, er, about stopping people from becoming poor in the first place. Love that mindset though, so typical of Tories the world over these days. "Don't tackle poverty, it might benefit a few people who aren't totally destitute". So fucking what? Modern conservatism is the strangest kind of derangement.
The Canada Revenue Agency has told a well-known charity that it can no longer try to prevent poverty around the world if it wants to keep its charitable status for tax purposes. It can only alleviate poverty — because preventing poverty might benefit people who are not already poor.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/prevent ... -1.2717774" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Agency officials informed Oxfam that "preventing poverty" was not an acceptable goal.
"Relieving poverty is charitable, but preventing it is not," the group was warned.
"Preventing poverty could mean providing for a class of beneficiaries that are not poor."
I was under the impression that trying to preventing poverty was, er, about stopping people from becoming poor in the first place. Love that mindset though, so typical of Tories the world over these days. "Don't tackle poverty, it might benefit a few people who aren't totally destitute". So fucking what? Modern conservatism is the strangest kind of derangement.
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