Comments on: Rall: Charities are for Suckers

By: odograph

odograph — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:41:39 +0000

It was kind of shocking to make my small donation and then see the big numbers roll in - a few million here, a few million there, suddenly tens of billions and more to come from the gov.

I would never tell anyone "don't give" and I do plan on giving more ... but I think it might be useful to look for out of the way places to give, and gaps to fill.

FWIW, I sometimes give these guys some money (I have no other association with them):

http://www.modestneeds.org

âSmall Change: A World of Differenceâ

By: Rickvid in Seattle

Rickvid in Seattle — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:03:41 +0000

Rall and his slime sucking type seem to wake up every day with the mission to trash someone (Bush?) or something (America?). Their lives are oriented toward trashing, thrashing, denigrating, attacking, reviling, hating and destroying. What does that do to a person? If "The Picture of Dorian Grey" were accurate, I'd rather not see Rall's picture up there in the attic.

By: ICallMasICM

ICallMasICM — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:28:06 +0000

TR thinks you're a 'sucker' if you donate freely but it's a good idea if the gov't extorts your money to do with it as they please. Whatever, Ted........................

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:25:53 +0000

Guys like Rall glory in trashing traditional societal values, ignorant of the fact that it is only societal tolerance that stays the hand of those who would pound his ass for his showing of contempt for those societal values.

By: DL

DL — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:42:46 +0000

Since you mentioned "private shelters" Leelu, I thought that one way to make this rescue game financially easier would be to restore for the hated "rich" an old fashioned tax shelter " that consists entirely of insurance and rescue/rebuilding investments. It might take some of the emergency character of these events and soften it. The tax break would be justified in that it would focus the money invested entirely for the common good

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:46:05 +0000

Rall apparently believes in Government as Santa Claus. His suggestion that government could somehow provide the hot meals, donated toys for kids, shelter, and empathy that is being provided by private charities - many of whom are not raising funds from this like the RC (think local church groups, Michele Catalano, to name just two) shows a profound lack of grounding in reality (what's new, right?).

It leads me to wonder if Rall has ever actually had any dealings with government? Ever sat in an office waiting for unemployment? Ever dealt with social security social workers? Ever stood in line at the DMV?

This is his solution to ease the pain and suffering of countless thousands?!?

By: realist

realist — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 06:55:23 +0000

One reason the left has not succeeded in building a base and organizing among the people is that secular leftists donate around a half percent compared to roughly 3 percent for religious conservatives.

I believe in government institutions, but if it undermines people's capacity to build and organize for themselves this strengthens conservative arguments. We are destroying the idea of citizen as a contributing member of society.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:52:19 +0000

leelu,

I do believe Texas will be reimbursed by the Feds for the sheltering of ~~refugees~~ evacuees at the Astrodome and other places. Or am I wrong?

By: leelu

leelu — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:45:07 +0000

...not to disparage the government's efforts, but do you think they can work under the 9% overhead charge Rall mentioned for the Red Cross?

I doubt it.

I notice he didn't have any suggestions for what to do with those in "private shelters". Move them to public shelters, like the Superdome? Did he conveniently forget the Huston Astrodome. Last I heard, it was a gubmint facility. Oh, but not a *Federal* facility. Nevermind.

He obviously has no clue about disaster relief.

By: DaveD

DaveD — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:13:12 +0000

I am very, very concerned about people like Rall. They seem to rely too heavily on misfortune and failure for their most "inspired" rants. The more misery/ destruction/confusion the more endorphins they release. It's very macabre don't you think?