Greetings good citizen, had an incident this morning that unexpectedly threw me onto one of my other 'hobby horses', charity and the need for such 'organizations'.
After 911 the Red Cross collected over $250 million dollars in donations and expended a fraction of that in 'aid' to the afflicted.
Their 'rationale' was simple, when something big hapens people are right there to chip in but when something small happens, it doesn't 'rain money' and people still need assistance.
Well, this morning I was asked by a passerby [while I was at the hospital] if he could use my phone to make a call, the people at the outreach program refused, threw him out or so he said!
I listened as he called his Mom to come get him, her told her he was stranded and needed a ride.
Okay, a lot of these charitable causes don't have the facilities to provide you with transportation so getting there and back is on you, I understand this.
Didn't get into specifics but from what I could gather the poor guy [kid, comparitively] was trying to seek help with addiction and they turned him down for some reason.
Guess that's the privilege of 'charity', you get to pick and choose who you will or will not help...
Helping people in need is something we all do instinctively because we all understand what it's like to be without recourse and have no place to turn. [This kid still had his Mom but he had no way to reach her.] I'd like to think if my son were in a similar situation that some stranger would take pity on him and help him out.
But I'm silly that way because I am confident that most people are both sympathetic and willing to help when someone gets 'stuck'.
In fact, it is this instinct to help that forms the basis for many 'cons' so people are wary of those seeking help; because 'desperation' is a terrible thing.
It drives people to take advantage of people's better nature against their own better judgement [the karmic cost can be hellacious so nobody 'dupes' people lightly!]
But I digress, my 'target' is in fact the Charities that double as 'tax shelters', where 90 cent on the dollar goes toward 'administration', paying salaries that most of us only dream of and gifting the public with edifices named after the founder in a vainglorious attempt to 'immortalize' them.
Which is to opine that most charities do much more for the founder than anyone else while cheating society out of tax revenue...that isn't needed in the first place but the thieves don't want YOU to know that...
We endure enough 'needless privation' due mostly to mismanagement than is caused by mal-administration [although if someone were to track it, it would be close.
First we come to the 'need' for charity in a society where NOTHING is for NOTHING, the rule is, 'if a price can be exacted, it WILL be!'
Bordering on charities is Insurance companies who only pay what they can't weasel out of...making you wonder why so many forms of insurance are 'compulsory'.
Life is fraught with mishaps, some within our control and many are beyond it...but either way, that which is lost must be replaced, somehow.
Now charities exist to, er, 'lift up' those left berift by unfortunate (and uninsured) losses. Most of us have homeowners insurance as well as relatives we can rely on to take us in should our primary residence be lost due to unforseen circumstances...so most of us don't NEED charity.
So why do they exist?
Truth be told good citizen, Mother Nature doesn't have a cash register so why would ANYONE pay for Insurance? If society needs the item lost (including your domicile) it WILL be replaced regardless of cost!
But I'm only talking sense, much of what we experience is senseless and stupidity keeps us from questioning it...
We all know the drill,"Don't blame me mister, I don't make the rules, I just work here!"
Well good citizen, here we are staring another election in the face and by gosh, by gum we STILL don't make the rules! We are expected to put up with the decisions of the inept and the shiftless [who never lift a finger to do for themselves, never mind anyone else!] and stick it to the rest of us every chance they get?
Naturally they will ask, "Who are you complaining about now?" and the answer is the idiot pretending not to know we're talking about HIM!
Guess it really frosts my cookies, so many 'charities' and so much NEED!
Ironically charities with enough 'cash on hand' to advertise on Television NEVER advertise to aid the HOMELESS, THey're always trying to guilt you into saving puppies and kittys or cute orphans from foreign countries...making you wonder what's wrong with THEIR GOVERNMENT?
Ironically, in many instances, THEIR GOVERNMENT is too DEEP IN HOCK TO OUR BANKING SYSTEM to help their own people...(so a few can be rich!) [no shortage of national leaders who have pauperized their nations just so they could line their own pockets with gold!]
I guess I've made my point, good citizen. The whole 'charity' thing just sets my teeth on edge because MOST OF THEM exist as jobs programs for the families that established them, a perverted 'twist' on 'trust fund babies'...
Once again, when it come to actual help when help is needed, the nearest human you can find is often your best bet!
Thank you once again for letting me vent,
Gegner
After 911 the Red Cross collected over $250 million dollars in donations and expended a fraction of that in 'aid' to the afflicted.
Their 'rationale' was simple, when something big hapens people are right there to chip in but when something small happens, it doesn't 'rain money' and people still need assistance.
Well, this morning I was asked by a passerby [while I was at the hospital] if he could use my phone to make a call, the people at the outreach program refused, threw him out or so he said!
I listened as he called his Mom to come get him, her told her he was stranded and needed a ride.
Okay, a lot of these charitable causes don't have the facilities to provide you with transportation so getting there and back is on you, I understand this.
Didn't get into specifics but from what I could gather the poor guy [kid, comparitively] was trying to seek help with addiction and they turned him down for some reason.
Guess that's the privilege of 'charity', you get to pick and choose who you will or will not help...
Helping people in need is something we all do instinctively because we all understand what it's like to be without recourse and have no place to turn. [This kid still had his Mom but he had no way to reach her.] I'd like to think if my son were in a similar situation that some stranger would take pity on him and help him out.
But I'm silly that way because I am confident that most people are both sympathetic and willing to help when someone gets 'stuck'.
In fact, it is this instinct to help that forms the basis for many 'cons' so people are wary of those seeking help; because 'desperation' is a terrible thing.
It drives people to take advantage of people's better nature against their own better judgement [the karmic cost can be hellacious so nobody 'dupes' people lightly!]
But I digress, my 'target' is in fact the Charities that double as 'tax shelters', where 90 cent on the dollar goes toward 'administration', paying salaries that most of us only dream of and gifting the public with edifices named after the founder in a vainglorious attempt to 'immortalize' them.
Which is to opine that most charities do much more for the founder than anyone else while cheating society out of tax revenue...that isn't needed in the first place but the thieves don't want YOU to know that...
We endure enough 'needless privation' due mostly to mismanagement than is caused by mal-administration [although if someone were to track it, it would be close.
First we come to the 'need' for charity in a society where NOTHING is for NOTHING, the rule is, 'if a price can be exacted, it WILL be!'
Bordering on charities is Insurance companies who only pay what they can't weasel out of...making you wonder why so many forms of insurance are 'compulsory'.
Life is fraught with mishaps, some within our control and many are beyond it...but either way, that which is lost must be replaced, somehow.
Now charities exist to, er, 'lift up' those left berift by unfortunate (and uninsured) losses. Most of us have homeowners insurance as well as relatives we can rely on to take us in should our primary residence be lost due to unforseen circumstances...so most of us don't NEED charity.
So why do they exist?
Truth be told good citizen, Mother Nature doesn't have a cash register so why would ANYONE pay for Insurance? If society needs the item lost (including your domicile) it WILL be replaced regardless of cost!
But I'm only talking sense, much of what we experience is senseless and stupidity keeps us from questioning it...
We all know the drill,"Don't blame me mister, I don't make the rules, I just work here!"
Well good citizen, here we are staring another election in the face and by gosh, by gum we STILL don't make the rules! We are expected to put up with the decisions of the inept and the shiftless [who never lift a finger to do for themselves, never mind anyone else!] and stick it to the rest of us every chance they get?
Naturally they will ask, "Who are you complaining about now?" and the answer is the idiot pretending not to know we're talking about HIM!
Guess it really frosts my cookies, so many 'charities' and so much NEED!
Ironically charities with enough 'cash on hand' to advertise on Television NEVER advertise to aid the HOMELESS, THey're always trying to guilt you into saving puppies and kittys or cute orphans from foreign countries...making you wonder what's wrong with THEIR GOVERNMENT?
Ironically, in many instances, THEIR GOVERNMENT is too DEEP IN HOCK TO OUR BANKING SYSTEM to help their own people...(so a few can be rich!) [no shortage of national leaders who have pauperized their nations just so they could line their own pockets with gold!]
I guess I've made my point, good citizen. The whole 'charity' thing just sets my teeth on edge because MOST OF THEM exist as jobs programs for the families that established them, a perverted 'twist' on 'trust fund babies'...
Once again, when it come to actual help when help is needed, the nearest human you can find is often your best bet!
Thank you once again for letting me vent,
Gegner
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