UK to shut down charities it doesn't like

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Watch out, another horribly bad piece of UK legislation, if it passes, will get exported over here sooner or later.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/11/05/do0510.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/11/05/ixopinion.html

This is a terrifying extension of arbitrary, unaccountable state power, albeit under the guise of a quango rather than a government department. The charity sector is one of the few parts of modern Britain that actually functions pretty well at the moment. It is vigorous and effective, and provides services worth billions every year, largely because the Government hasn't managed to get its paws all over it. This new law is going to change that. Unfortunately, it now seems too late to do anything about it. And this time, the whole British public will be the loser.

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This already happened in American and the UK along time ago in the forced shutdown of most organizations that help the poor.  Sad to see the government program expanding...