[Withano]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I'll answer as well if I may. I'd look at it, delve deeply and find out what use it was being put to before making a decision.

Decent answer, you havent killed off innocent children yet. Not the best answer you could have given, but up there. Lets just hope water sanitaion, medication, vaccines and education are good enough uses for you by the time you conclude, otherwise the thread will go horribly dark.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Withano

Decent answer, you havent killed off innocent children yet. Not the best answer you could have given, but up there. Lets just hope water sanitaion, medication, vaccines and education are good enough uses for you by the time you conclude, otherwise the thread will go horribly dark.

Excellent point, similar to my 'where does my tax go' post on page 2 in that even if the portion of tax you pay did find it's way to Pakistan, it may for the peace of mind of some to imagine they are providing any of the benefits you mention.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Excellent point, similar to my 'where does my tax go' post on page 2 in that even if the portion of tax you pay did find it's way to Pakistan, it may for the peace of mind of some to imagine they are providing any of the benefits you mention.

Oh yes.... Right then.

Why then do you - self-admittedly - repeatedly submit NEGATIVE, CRITICAL, and DEMEANING posts which attack the policies of THIS Government?

'Take your own medicine Doctor', and simply PRETEND to yourself that all your tax money is being spent by the Government on Housing the Homeless, Increasing Benefits for EVERY CLAIMANT, Building New Hospitals, why, and even paying the Campaign Costs for Jeremy Corbyn's next attempt at being Prime Minister.

Go on Kizzy - close your eyes and dream away.

The above MIGHT work for you, but for some of us others, NOTHING will suffice, except KNOWING that our hard earned, much self-needed tax monies are NOT simply being handed over in any 'Willy Nilly. Legs Akimbo, Dip Yer Bread In' fashion to CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS as 'Foreign Aid', only to be squandered or worse, WHEN A HUGE SECTION OF OUR OWN PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY IN NEED OF URGENT HELP.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Oh yes.... Right then.

Why then do you - self-admittedly - repeatedly submit NEGATIVE, CRITICAL, and DEMEANING posts which attack the policies of THIS Government?

'Take your own medicine Doctor', and simply PRETEND to yourself that all your tax money is being spent by the Government on Housing the Homeless, Increasing Benefits for EVERY CLAIMANT, Building New Hospitals, why, and even paying the Campaign Costs for Jeremy Corbyn's next attempt at being Prime Minister.

Go on Kizzy - close your eyes and dream away.

The above MIGHT work for you, but for some of us others, NOTHING will suffice, except KNOWING that our hard earned, much self-needed tax monies are NOT simply being handed over in any 'Willy Nilly. Legs Akimbo, Dip Yer Bread In' fashion to CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS as 'Foreign Aid', only to be squandered or worse, WHEN A HUGE SECTION OF OUR OWN PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY IN NEED OF URGENT HELP.

Because I am opposed to the conservative ideology, however I accept I am not in control of what the govt does with income tax once collected :/
Therefore I do hope it is a beneficial cause wherever it lands.

Yes they are and as we are a first world country not a developing nation you would have thought that we would have the needy catered for wouldn't you? And yet we appear to be hell bent on making the gulf between the haves and have nots wider, or abandoning whole subsections of society altogether via government policy.

I'm not naive enough to believe that even should foreign aid end tomorrow that every UK citizen would have a warm safe bed and a full belly.

[Ammi]

..I was thinking about this a bit yesterday, about Pakistan in particular and I guess that them having nuclear weapons so giving them 'power' as a country in terms of ally etc...also is what maybe helps with trade and bringing much needed foreign aid in...so that's a bit of a complicated one also because they may not be given so much aid without the weapons spending, their importance as a non nuclear country would be lesser..?...


..anyways, I do think that government aid is very much needed to continue and especially to prevent diseases etc with improved sanitation and vaccines as Withano has mentioned...