Hey Hey We're The Monkees

Now that the poppy charity collectors have disappeared, the Pudsy brigade are out in force.  I had to run the gauntlet of guilt and shame in Euston Station this morning by not giving a contribution to any of the numerous bucket rattlers.

However, there was a man collecting at Mansion House tube station for this:

http://www.orangutan.org.uk/

which I thought was dedicated and brave, given the emotional blackmail emanating from the massed ranks of Children In Need collectors (most of whom, incidentally, I assume are good people acting for what they consider are all the very best reasons).

It’s always also worth noting that the Government should be funding Children In Need’s UK causes, and world governments should be funding their 3^rd world causes.  In other words the wealthy and big business should be paying their share, rather than relying on the regressive taxation of charity giving (as we all know, the poor contribute more proportionately than the rich to charity, therefore any charity that should reasonably be funded by Government is, in fact, a regressive form of tax).  Uncomfortable as this is, the Conservative Government, the wealthy and large corporations are delighted whenever you give to charity.  It delays for another day the time when they have to pay just a little more tax.

The apes of Asia are unlikely to get any material support from government. So I gave the orangutan man what change I had and in doing so noticed that his collection box was empty.  I guess people had already given their money to more high profile causes.