[Bratch]

It's not about saving the world.

It's about allowing self-important people to feel good about themselves.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Best parodied in this classic exchange from Beavis and Butthead:

Beavis (watching an awards show on TV): "What's with all these ribbons people are wearing?"

Butthead: "Uhhhh...that's so we'll know that they're famous." :)

[wbill]

It's about allowing self-important people to feel good about themselves.

This.

Buying a homeless man a sandwich for two dollars is a direct investment of resources. Appropriating twenty billion dollars to feed a sandwich to every homeless man in America will feed sandwiches to a small percentage of the homeless at a cost of four thousand dollars a sandwich.

Truly, this is one of the more insightful statements I've read on FR in a long, long time.

[GeronL]

Was that picture taken during a Planned Parenthood fundraiser?