During one of my fellow alum Skins's fund-drives for a food-distribution charity, Chief S itting Bull said he wouldn't donate money, but he'd donate office supplies. Another primitive said he'd donate "computer services."
Anyway, I suspect this was the first and only time the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive ever noticed franksolich, and he made a big stink about it.
What the tightwad Redstone doing was no more than getting rid of no-longer-needed office supplies; stuff for which he had no more use. Chief S itting Bull thought that was "charity;" franksolich pointed that that true charity demands authentic sacrifice--such as the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive giving away his main computer, for example. True charity means one goes without, for the sake of someone else.
What Redstone was doing was simply tossing out junk.
Chief S itting Bull got pretty upset and bent out of shape about it.
I think I disagree with you Frank.
Alms for the poor is not charity it is just a way to prove to oneself that they are more successful then others.
Time on Earth is much more valuable then money that one can take a deduction on their taxes for.
Time is so precious to us, the volunteers that give their time year round, to hospitals, nursing homes, to orphanages and homes for the disabled adults. This is 12 months a year, $50.00 a year to a charity is no big deal for some.
It is not charity to tithe to a Church that one attends regularly, it is for up keep on a place that is important to YOU.
Charity takes twists and turns, what is one mans junk is anthers treasure. So, the person that wanted to donate office equipment, they could have had it over evaluated and had it destroyed and taken a tax break on the stuff. So in a way this person was taking a hit, tax breaks on business expensive are more then donating to Charity.
In our closets and Attics or basements we have a gold mine of stored forgotten things, blankets, cooking utensils, old glass baby bottles and sterilisers we will never use again. We may have tents and camping equipment, old but in good working condition electrical appliances that we have replaced with up dated equipment.
We do need to hord all the stuff we collect in our lives, give it away to people that can use it. I know of people that have kept toys and clothing from their now teen age kids that for some reason keep all this in storage for YEARS.
Also people that at this time clean out their pantrys of canned goods and bottled with 2-3 months expiration date.
Nothing wrong with buying an extra ham and donating it to a food bank, but that will last for just one meal for the hungry. The blankets in the attic that we never use once dry cleaned--yes an expense, will keep any number of children or adults warm for 6 months.
I got my panties in a bunch over the 911 charietys raising money for the familys of the victims. Millions and millions were raised to help the familys, we all sent in money to help THEM. Then we found out that 90% of the money was used for other causes that we may not have wanted to donate to.
Then a couple of years later I read that the female head of the Red Cross recieved a yearly salery of $300,000-$400,000 a year.
Frank, I do not trust Charitys of any kind unless I can with my own eyes see where the money goes and some kind of results from the donations.
