I get into a fight with my office United Way coordinator every year. We have these drives to get 100% participation in donations to United Way. Every year I explain that I am not participating because United Way is corrupt and loaded with high paying staff. I offer to give evidence that I have given to another charity—usually the Salvation Army—but the United Way scam is that you need 100% participation through them. Most charities are either corrupt or even if they serve a legitimate purpose, have been infested with a bunch of chiseling grifters who are looking to take a big paycheck out of the donations.
The United Way are such whores.
Just out of college I applied for a BS paper pushing job there. The job went to some doctor’s wife (who lived three counties away) and they handed her a huge salary to get dressed up every day and show up at the office for coffee.
I never contribute to them. One office I worked in would NOT provide ins. for us but annually pressured us (very publicly and forcefully) to contribute to United Way. Right... I can’t afford ins. for myself but I am supposed to fork over money for United Way to fritter away on cushy salaries and expense accounts for figureheads in their organization. It was a hassle every year.