Charity, Greed, Money, "The Rich".
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
December 17, 2010 8:42am CST
No matter how humanitarian and service oriented we might be, it takes money (and usually lots of it) to finance any charitable operation.
I spent much of my adult life on service oriented jobs and activities. In doing so, I never made much money, but I was there for a lot of people at times when they needed help the most.
I always felt that it wasn't important for me to make a lot of money, as long as I could help people. I still feel that it is important for me to be there to help people in need, but my attitude towards money has chanced as I get older.
There was not a single major humanitarian project that didn't require massive amounts of money. So money is obviously an important part of helping people. Whether the money was collected through taxes or voluntarily donated, we on the ground couldn't have done a thing to help without it.
I know the class warfare warriors like to stereotype "the rich" in negative ways. That is understandable, bigots never allow themselves to see the good in the groups they stereotype. They have decided that money is corruption, so the more you have, the more corrupt you must be.
No humanitarian group has ever accomplished anything without the backing of some rich benefactors.
In other words, without "the rich", there is no large scale charity or humanitarianism.
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4 responses
@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
17 Dec 10
To the best of my knowledge, it is usually the poorest people who contribute the most to charities. They might only contribute $2 at a time. But it is that $2 multiply by thousand of people that add up to a big number.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
17 Dec 10
Yes, poorer people do contribute and bless their hearts for doing it. However, no charity can even pay their own operating expenses without the $100,000 and million dollar + contributions from those who can afford them.
In other words, $2 contributions do add up and definitely help the charity, but if they don't have major benefactors, they won't last very long.
Last year in the US there was $307.75 billion in charitable donations. That is an average of over $900 for every person living here. You don't get in the hundreds of billions range with $2, or even $100 donations.
http://www.nps.gov/partnerships/fundraising_individuals_statistics.htm
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
18 Dec 10
Having volunteered at a number of non-profits I can say that wealthy people give a LOT to charity. The most "evil" corporation you hear of is Walmart. They're horrible, sexist, and everything they sell is low quality garbage made in sweatshops according to their opponents. What those who hate them either don't know, or will never admit to, is how much Walmart gives to charity. My favorite non-profit, who I volunteered with for years, is Give Kids the World. Walmart nearly bankrolled the entire organization when I worked their. Disney and Universal were big contributors as well and encouraged their employees to volunteer while allowing guests from those organizations special priveleges in the parks. Also the founder himself was a "big business" guy before he started Give Kids.
Without the evils of "big business" that organization would never exist and even if it did, it wouldn't be able to do half of what it does today.
You can see the evil, greedy, rich businesses that help them here.
http://gktw.org/corporateHeroes.asp?a=4
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
19 Dec 10
True! Wealthy benefactors are the backbone of charity organizations.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
17 Dec 10
Without "The rich", there would be no private charity organizations.
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
17 Dec 10
There is a big push to encourage resentment of the rich in this country. I don't know about you but I've never gotten a job from a poor person!
Many wealthy people give a lot to charity but they don't publicize it. If we knew the real amounts given by "rich" people I'm sure we would be astounded at how generous many of them are. The media neglects to call attention to the good things that the wealthy do for this country and most of them got that money by working for it. Good for them!
If not for the rich it would be a more miserable world. Sure, there are some greedy jerks but they are the minority in my opinion and observations.
