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Re: Preaching to the Choir
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 11 Aug 2004 06:57:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
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...and the cute animal and children’s charities win every time.
An example.
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Not every time. But the alternative is for me to give $100 for charity to a
government, and the government takes $93 of it to sustain its own bureaucracy
and $7 gets to the people who will benefit from it. Not very efficient.
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It is if there is no other way to get help to those who need it.
Scott A
PS Is there really so much bureaucracy in the USA? Bush has a lot to answer for.
;)
PSS I’m sure I’ve heard of chartities with just as much bureaucracy?
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| (...) But there is. (...) Yes, there is, and I agree! (...) Yes. Ever heard of (URL) the United Way>? There are good charities and bad ones, like everything else. JOHN (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Not every time. But the alternative is for me to give $100 for charity to a government, and the government takes $93 of it to sustain its own bureaucracy and $7 gets to the people who will benefit from it. Not very efficient. JOHN (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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