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To: nutmeg

Many charities are ‘full employment’ for liberals. United Way is one of the worst...Red Cross might be another... It sounds like you’re doing a good job nutmeg...


56 posted on 11/11/2012 8:51:44 PM PST by GOPJ (Petraeus confession: like something from a 'Soviet purge trial'....)
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To: GOPJ; GOPsterinMA; Baynative; Biggirl; Monkey Face; StarFan; NautiNurse
Many charities are ‘full employment’ for liberals. United Way is one of the worst...Red Cross might be another... It sounds like you’re doing a good job nutmeg...

Ugh, don't even get me started on United Way! My husband and I absolutely despise United Way, and will never again give them a penny, much less a dime.

I say "again" because - back about 20+ years ago - we both worked in big insurance companies in Hartford, CT... Every year we were strong-armed into giving as much as possible to United Way, and then some. We were forced to attend stupid "motivational" United Way meetings, participate in crap like "dress-down day for United Way", and all kind of ridiculous contests, when we really should have been concentrating on getting our work done.

If you dared to say "I'm not contributing to United Way, thank you, I support other charities", the boss would take you aside - as often as necessary - and nearly literally twist your arm until you signed the donation form, allowing United Way to dock money from your paycheck for the next 12 months. It was disgusting.

Hubby was forced to be one of the heavies that went around to fellow co-workers strong-arming them to give to United Way until it hurts. It hurt, alright... I remember looking at my meager paycheck stub every other week with that big, damn United Way deduction for the entire year. I never knew where our $$ went, but I sure can take a guess.

I HATE UNITED WAY AND ALWAYS WILL.

Red Cross... I don't think I've ever donated even a dime to them either.

Eff 'em all (meaning liberals and charities that support liberals and Obama voters). That's my new attitude. Go fend for yourselves...

58 posted on 11/11/2012 10:51:43 PM PST by nutmeg
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