Wednesday, September 28, 2005

The Red Cross

Rhinocrisy has a post about the Red Cross which isn't all that favorable. 91% of the budget is for blood, and they don't do direct medical care or fight fires. They give out money proportionately to what was lost and some might say that's fine, others might say those that can afford it get another helping hand and the poor get shafted. The comments are worth reading, particularly the one by McCormick which give a balanced view.

The end result is probably, just be sure you know what your donating to. Shortly after Katrina I saw some stat that said 75% of donations went to the Red Cross. Sure they were listed first on the FEMA page, but it's not Google, try reading something other than the top entry.

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