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	Name:	4691 -
	Subject:	Charities and giving
	Date:	11/24/2010 12:01:20 AM

Yankee - the link you posted does not work for me. I stopped giving to charity organizations a few years ago. I did so because almost all are run by people who take way too much off the top to support their own inflated lifestyle. I give to my church which uses most of the money for local purposes. I also give to a couple of local charities which publish the CEO salaries which I consider reasonable. I recall a news story about five different gulf war veteran charities that paid their CEO's over $500K. Think of all the 5, 10, and 20 dollar donations it takes just to cover the cost of the executive salaries. If these people are so talented they should compete in private industry to earn the large salaries and not take it from the hands of the generous and out of the mouths of the needy. Now, if this opinion indicates that I suffer from class envy, so be it.