[SmithL]

Once the United Way excluded the Boy Scouts, they lost the organization that promoted the values of being trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.

[PAR35]

I’ve been down on the United Way since I learned of their extortionate tactics 30 or so years ago - a teller at a small S&L in Maryland was fired because she wouldn’t pay off United Way, and the boss couldn’t get the participation level he wanted.

They always recruit a high level supervisor so that they can bring pressure on the lower level employees to come across with the money.

[martin_fierro]

UWOTBA gets only so-so marks from Charity Navigator

[Sgt_Schultze]

A charity designed to benefit those controlling it? Why it sounds like the formula of every leftist foundation. Don’t the Kennedys operate several “charitable” foundations, deriving many hundreds of thousands of dollars doing so, for their primary employment?