Government says four cancer charities are shams

CNN ^ | Tue May 19, 2015 | CNN

[Dallas59]

Disgusting. Why I DO NOT GIVE MONEY to any charity. I'll donate my time.

The Cancer Fund of America

Cancer Support Services

Children’s Cancer Fund of America

The Breast Cancer Society

All were created and controlled by the same network of people and led by James Reynolds Sr., the F.T.C. says.

Private cars, cruises, luxury items...paid for with donations.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Sort of like taking in 150 million in donations and using 9 imillion of it for actual charitable work.

[Dallas59]

Intricate family connections bind several of America's worst charities

Carol Smith still gets angry when she remembers the box that arrived by mail for her dying husband. Cancer Fund of America sent it when he was diagnosed with lung cancer six years ago. Smith had called the charity for help. "It was filled with paper plates, cups, napkins and kids' toys," the 67-year-old Knoxville, Tenn., resident said. "My husband looked like somebody slapped him in the face. "I just threw it in the trash."

[Steely Tom]

Sort of like taking in 150 million in donations and using 9 million of it for actual charitable work.

Such a charity would have to be run by a bunch of crooks.

[AFreeBird]

Does the gubment have an opinion on the Clinton foundation, or are they still legit?

[immadashell]

Private cars, cruises, luxury items...paid for with donations.

This sounds very familiar to the Clinton Foundation. Hillary is probably busting Bill's chops, "Why didn't you think this up?"

[Sarah Barracuda]

They call our house all the time from different charities. The only one that my Mom gave to was the Make a Wish charity because we know that one is legit..and once she gave to the Leukemia society

[Loud Mime]

Clinton is not involved. John Edwards beat him to the CancerCon

[Dallas59]

I hope they shut them all down. They won’t spend anytime in prison but their names will be mud.

[hosepipe]

The federal givernment is the largest scam in America...

and is only the tip of the iceberg..

IF the givernment(fed,state,local) is taxing something YOU OWN...
You are RENTING IT from the givernment..

[Rodamala]

Mom controls all charitible spending for my parents and vets worthy causes. The shortlist presently is The Heritage Foundation, The Nimitz Museum, the Ronald Reagan Foundation, and Judicial Watch.

I am no longer charitable... I don’t even donate blood... though I am on the National Bone Marrow Donor registry.

[Dallas59]

That’s a given....but no sense in acting like the government like these crooks are doing.

[Sarah Barracuda]

They have never called me from the Heritage Foundation, do you have to be on their list in order for them to call you? I would donate to them and I would donate to Vets groups as well, like Wounded Warriors I see the commercials all the time

[Dallas59]

The United Way got caught a few decades back....300K for the CEO a year, luxury trips to Europe via the Concord SST and so on.

[mountn man]

Well, while there is probably little doubt about these charities, if THERE IS one thing this government knows about, its shams.

[2ndDivisionVet]

So they’re just like the Clinton Foundation?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Used to donate to a Breast Cancer site. Did some research and found that they raised 32 million. /but 28 million went to the companies that did the calling for them! Less than 5% for research. Cut them off@

[SunkenCiv]

IOW, the same kinds of corruptions familiar from studying any org run by the Demagogic Party.

The question becomes, who didn’t get their cut?

[babygene]

I make the assumption all the national charities are crooked...

[Beowulf9]

The only surprise, besides people not suspecting this stuff, is that this is being brought out.

I also suspect all those companies that ask for you to ‘adopt’ a kid in another country.