Reply #162: If it bothers you

[Dorian Gray]

stop giving to an organization that may help a woman with a family who is in financial trouble. Simple enough. Nobody is forcing you to give money to an organziation that helps feed the hungry.

I certainly don't complain about how my money is spent when I donate to charities. I research who their clientele is, and I determine whether that is the place that would be best aided by the money I give. If you think there is someplace else that would be more beneficial to humanity, then by all means give there.

And is it really difficult to believe that a woman, laid off from her job $70,000 per year job, is having financial difficulty while raising her family? $70,000 sounds like a lot. After taxes, it's more like $48,000. And raising a family on that is not easy. Especially in California.

I don't understand where calling her stupid and getting on a self-righteous high horse is going to change the situation. Just don't give to food banks if you don't like that they actually may help someone who hasn't been homeless for ten years. They had the gall to help someone who has recently hit some financial difficulties. How dare they!