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Originally Posted by RaiderH8r
People obviously want to donate. Go ****ing earn that dollar and quit bitching about how people help others. FFS I saw this shit with the March of Crimes, United Pay and other big outfits paying a multitude of bureaucratic salaries and expecting to make payroll on name ID alone. The money was never theirs to begin with. Adhering to that principle is usually a good idea in charity work.
You've convinced me, I ain't giving to shit. They are all shady.
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I have gone and ****ing earned those dollars. I donate a portion of my paycheck to the United Way and donate a good percent of my income on charity in general. I volunteer over 100 hours a year to local charities. I have raised thousands of dollars for charity events. So yes, I know how damn hard it is to raise money and think I have a right to have a voice in this.
To your second point, while I'm not the biggest fan of The United Way, it's exactly this mentality that is hurting donations. There's almost a level of arrogance about how much people know. That big organizations shouldn't invest in expenses or management talent or marketing. Actually, the bigger you get, the more important those things become and it saves the organization a lot of money even if they're considered "expenses." If that bothers you, then donate local. But it's ridiculous to suggest that large nonprofits shouldn't have higher expense structures, nor should it shy people away from donating to them. These large organizations can impact in ways small organizations cannot and they require the ability to cover administrative costs to do that.