Hitting the Financial Precipice
ARE WE THERE YET?
Seems like a good bulk of the US population is approaching the financial precipice. Been reading how health insurance (for people lucky enough to enjoy) have increased 3-5 fold with employers in 2024. The cost of everything becoming prohibitive. Massive layoffs. The media adds salt to the wound by touting strong metrics.
Painful awakening for many.
I work at a cancer center where snacks are donated regularly for the patients to enjoy. The donations have come to a trickle. I’m not complaining, just thought it was due to the increase in cost of snacks.
Charitable donations are way down.
I used to give pretty regularly to the Humane Society and ASPCA, but when I found out their executives were making six figures, and that an average of 2-5% is left over for actual animal services, I was pissed. All those commercials tearing at your heartstrings are a deceptive crock. Better to give to the local shelter, cleaning supplies, blankets, food, things like that. Those animal charities are as crooked as hell.
Thats the biggest problem with donating money to a cause, and not knowing what % ends up going to where its most needed ... for this reason I would much rather donate my time and efforts.
They’ve been exposed. A friend the other day, out of the blue asked me if I thought the Red Cross was crooked. And they gave up on that stupid “let us distribute your charitable contributions for you — for a fee of course”, United Way/Fund CRAP around me. Finally!
Give DIRECT and LOCAL only. (From a former HeiferProject milk carton donate my candy money kid. IYKYK.)
Think about what Q said about the Red Cross and how corrupt it is.
Every time I see illegals wrapped in Red Cross blankets in news footage in NYC and Chicago, I'm also like, F them. Never another dime to the Red Cross, ever.