The REAL numbers the Red Cross should be providing are HOW MUCH or WHAT PERCENTAGE of monies directly donated to this SPECIFIC EVENT, the Katrina disaster, will go DIRECTLY to efforts and materials, etc. to aid KATRINA victims. I would guess that their "out" in THIS case is that SO MUCH MONEY is pouring in, that ANY report on amounts spent directly on KATRINA is going to sound enormous.......but the percentages are going to be closer to the 9/11 percentages. I would guess something like 60/40, with the 40 being "costs". You have to understand that the RED CROSS is a giant bureaucratic behemoth of an "aid organization", and ultimately is a political tool,being politically connected and media-sanctioned to the hilt.
Tens of millions donated to 9-11 victims ( or so the donors thought) actually went to general funds, and other
places that did nothing more than ensure that the Red Cross would always have hundreds of millions of dollars on hand for their NEXT effort, and the one after that, and the one after THAT. This is NO different from a "war chest" for a politican, or donations being given EITHER of our two major parties. Frankly , I wouldn't give the RC , OR either Dem or Repub party even ONE of my hard earned dollars.
BTT