Posted on 11/09/2012 5:26:58 AM PST by SMARTY
I am sure youll get a kick out of this.
There is a big push around here to get us to contribute to United Way their annual coercion to make us give.
Let me see if I get this right:
Americans just elected a guy whose party has ALWAYS screamed:
The government can spend your money better then you can, get more out of your money than you can, provide more efficiently for the needy and disabled, assure that EVERYONE gets his/her fair share, etc . and on and on!!!
NOW they think, after they virtually enabled the government to rape us, we will have ANYTHING left over for a charity of our OWN choosing?!!!
Did I get that right I need to CONTINUE to GIVE?!!
HOW? Where will the extra money come from?
Heck...even the charity that I always give to will get short shrift this go around... let "O" do what he promised with what he can get!
THREE WORDS:
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!
I O thinks HE can have my income on demand, then let HIM and the vampires in HIS adm. work it out! Im skinned.
NO MORE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING OUT OF ME FOR FOUR MORE YEARS!
What an excellent point!
I got a printout many years ago of UW charities. Shocking waste. One was a group that sponsored unwed mothers to send them on two-week vacations in the Caribbean, giving them a "well-deserved" rest from the stress of single parenthood. That was the day I started to research and donate to groups of MY choice.
Please, do your own research and pick an organization where your dollars have even a remote chance of actually going to the needy. Church groups are far better at helping the poor. Support them.
my employer has an on line donation system, has for a few years. Each dept. tries to get the best percentage of workers responding. After the first few years where to not donate one had to put in one was donating $0, last year they finally gave a I’m not donating at this time button.
The sooner one goes in and responds the sooner on stops the stupid mail requests! I don’t know if the company gives more $$ to UW based on response or not. Never asked that.
Per my tagline I have been “living lik no one else” to become debt free. I am only a few weeks from paying off my mortgage and as a result had started putting together a list of major projects and purchases. I was originally planning to spend about $48K over the next 2 years!
I am re-evaluating that list as we speak and can probably minimize that to $5K or less. If I can find a used laptop and a used couch, then I can get it even lower. Regretfully, I have to do a front porch repair that could run some significant change, but it is required to keep the city off my back!
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