Charity? A fiddle, surely...

Having seen my Taid recently, I have come to a startling conclusion. We discussed the issue of charities and the organisations that front them. He was quick to point out that charities, like most other companies, are bent.

He meant, of course, that they are as crooked as any other money-making organisation in a capitalist world. His point is that people still have to be paid for the work at the top of the charity organisations. Therefore, the system is open to abuse.

I then got to thinking about charities. What if they were all interlinked at the highest level under one umbrella organisation? Think of the money that is pumped into charities by well-meaning folk year by year. What if only some the contributions were utilised...and the rest was kept to fund sinister inter-governmental plots? Think of the money that gets donated to political parties as it is...and is the vetting of such bodies regulated fully?

This is, of course, my mind going walkabout. However, I'll only give my cash to that Scottish Big Issue vendor from here on in. He's a chirpy fellow!