Pico Rico wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sunday, October 19, 2014 8:24:02 AM UTC-7, Pete C. wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Just charity leaches much like the united way criminals. It seems it's
> >> the trendy liberal thing to do to corruptly leach off of charity while
> >> stroking your ego pretending you are somehow helping people with the
> >> 10-15% you actually use for charitable work.
> >
> > Huh? The opposite is true.
> >
> > United Ways typically deliver over 80% of what they raise to the programs
> > you think you're giving to, with 8% of your funds going to fundraising,
> > and another 8% or so going to salaries and rent.
>
> But they, at least in the past, used strong arm techniques at the workplace
> to get their donations. And there was scandal in at least one of their local
> outfits. And they ban donations to groups based on UW's political agenda.
> Best to just give to the specific charity you want, rather than run it
> through a clearinghouse.

Exactly, as corrupt as they get, and the strong arm coercion stuff is
not at all in their past.

The UN World Food Program has something like 9% overhead, as an example
of what a charity's overhead should look like. That 8% the corrupt UW is
scraping off funds their execs lavish offices and salaries.