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Bullitt · 03-20-2009, 06:01 PM

I'm right with you lookout. It bothers me when people want the government to solve all of their problems and think nothing of the fact that the government is so inefficient with our tax dollars it's absurd. For example, lets compare the government with Habitat for Humanity (personal bias, one of my favorite NGO's). According to the BBB website, Habitat "Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses:
Programs: 81% Fund Raising: 15% Administrative: 4%". That's 81% of all $$ given to them that goes directly into the work they offer as an organization. Granted the workers who help build the houses are volunteers which helps maintain these percentages, but lets be real who do you think is doing a better job per $ given to help the genuinely needy have quality shelter and dignity?

03-20-2009, 06:01 PM	#3
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	I'm right with you lookout. It bothers me when people want the government to solve all of their problems and think nothing of the fact that the government is so inefficient with our tax dollars it's absurd. For example, lets compare the government with Habitat for Humanity (personal bias, one of my favorite NGO's). According to the BBB website, Habitat "Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses: Programs: 81% Fund Raising: 15% Administrative: 4%". That's 81% of all $$ given to them that goes directly into the work they offer as an organization. Granted the workers who help build the houses are volunteers which helps maintain these percentages, but lets be real who do you think is doing a better job per $ given to help the genuinely needy have quality shelter and dignity? __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.