Re: Nigel Farage
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My first post ...
I think the world has changed a lot since the days of Rowntree and the way they put back into the community. These days it comes in several different ways ...
The first is corporate "philanthropy projects" from the likes of Microsoft, Novartis etc - the huge corporates. Who tend to try and wipe out malaria while forgetting the poor homeless guy living on the roundabout.
The other way is the large corporates like Amazon, Google and Facebook who give their services for free to anyone who is prepared to use them.
One of the reasons (in my view) is that local companies don't necessarily employ local people 100% like they used to.
just my 2 pennies worth
I think thats what everyone does .
Starving children in the Yemen are far more appealing than down and outs in Birmingham .
I think Prince Charles could take a lead here instead of poncy retro villages like Poundland why doesn't he build some social housing using his many millions .
Where he leads some other weathly people may follow .
There are many housing projects in Tetbury -where he has his country estate but they are all super expensive.
I don't know where social housing goes .
They may have a couple of so called affordable homes stuck inbetween the others somewhere .
Perhaps there could be some tax incentives .
Build 10 houses for social means and gift them to the local government in lieu of taxes.
But then local government no doubt prefers the dosh .