tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848541039913019341.post8299495226248436878..comments2023-10-01T06:34:39.919-06:00Comments on Random Musings of a Tormented Mind: So, Where Did All The Money Go?KGouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537080163900313558noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848541039913019341.post-89939418547317688142010-06-15T22:13:11.167-06:002010-06-15T22:13:11.167-06:00I have heard a lot of things too, who knows what i...I have heard a lot of things too, who knows what is true and what isn't. However, one only has to look down there and see how little has been done in order to realize that as usual, something has gone very wrong. <br /><br />I have had family members comment recently that they are getting sick of all the people asking for donations for stuff. Every store has a fundraiser going on for various groups, we're asked on tv, radio, newspapers, etc to donate to various organizations. Canvassers come to our doors (tonight I had the Kidney Foundation ringing my bell after 8pm when I was trying to get my two youngest kids to bed), and we have friends and family in various cancer society relays and runs and bike rides. So with all the hype in January and people I know donating as much money as they could possibly handle to Haiti, here we are in June and they are starting to get irritated with being asked for a donation every 5 minutes. Our phones and doors ring, we get things in the mail, sign into facebook and get invited to all sorts of groups or asked to donate to something... But we have no way of knowing where our money is even going!<br /><br />This past month I have had invites to 8 different garage sales and BBQs for various charity groups. I have seen others advertised. In the meantime, I am trying to afford to finish off the month's groceries as well as pick up little thank you gifts for my kids' teachers and the soccer coaches. I have a baby shower to buy for, and Father's Day is coming up. Not to mention trying to save up for a 3 day holiday at the end of July.<br /><br />Is it selfish of me to turn people away at my door tonight and hang up on someone calling from an organization I have supported for the past 4 years in a row? I have my own life to live as well. I would like to use some of the money I make on my family and my kids' coaches and teachers. I would like to welcome a new baby into my boss's family - but if I donated to everyone who asked me this past month, I would not be able to do that! Is that fair? Is it wrong to question this in the wake of seeing hundreds of millions of dollars sitting in a holding tank somewhere while people in Haiti are still waiting for it?KGouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537080163900313558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848541039913019341.post-52018732315330210952010-06-15T11:27:56.340-06:002010-06-15T11:27:56.340-06:00When you have government handing out 'aid'...When you have government handing out 'aid' everybody gets in line to get their share. Prices inflate and lots of OT if you get what I mean. I find it funny the left doesn't investigate this issues more though? I heard that the Red Cross, took hundreds of millions in donations but little of the money was spent in Haiti and instead built up a reserve fund of several hundred million dollars. (real conservative)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com