Seems like the latest census showed that there were about 300K Americans now. Would you donate $1.00/year per household member to a non-profit organization that would put this money to good use in order to fight world hunger? Imagine, $300M/year to fight world hunger...
2006-10-10 02:20:25 · 19 answers · asked by zaxxon 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Sorry... 300M Americans, not 300K
2006-10-10 02:21:26 · update #1
Sorry, but no. As Christ said, there will always be hungry people. That will not be solved no matter how much money and food is given away.
Hunger is not solved by giving away food. Hunger is solved by eliminating poverty. Giving away food ends up creating more people to feed, it does not solve the underlying problem of poverty.
Also, most of a charities money is either spent on administration , or "educational" efforts (those mailings requesting money from you are counted by the government as educational).
2006-10-10 03:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The United States is one of the most generous donators of food in the world. We give money to very poor countries, the UN, etc. and have nothing to show for the problem.
Let's see, the UN oil for food program was riddled with corruption. See the following http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/10/27/oilforfood.shtml
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,133484,00.html
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20041206/gordon
A lot of our tax money is going today to pay for these programs, so government assistance or an extra tax is not the issue.
I will donate canned food items to feed the hungry, but I will not donate extra until the pay issue for executives or the churches are allowed to run these programs.
2006-10-10 02:44:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would pay that, but i would want that money to fix our problems in the united states before we start helping others. selfish? yes. why not pay $2 per household member per year and split that money. why stop there? make it $5, $10, $20. make the people that make more than a million dollars per year put more money into a fund to fight poverty, underfunded schools, after school programs, drug rehab, the foster care system etc...there is so much here that needs fixing. what about the pro athletes? musicians? corporate America? why cant they pay more to help? there are many of all these people that donate money and time for good causes but the numbers are low. real low in comparison with the amount of money already being funneled from our tax dollars to third world countries. lets tend to our backyard before trying to save the forest.
2006-10-10 02:30:29 · answer #3 · answered by deathwishpussy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes gladly. Only if all of it was used for Hunger. I would not pay Laura Bush or Bob Doles wife $350,000 per year to run the non-profit. Republicans spent $6.9 million on TV adds in just 3 States to hold control of the Senate.
2006-10-10 02:40:14 · answer #4 · answered by jl_jack09 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I give more than that to various "world hunger" charities, plus a monthly electronic transfer of funds to "The Smile Train", an organization that helps and trains doctors worldwide to repair cleft lips and cleft palates. Everyone should do something, according to their conscience and their means.
BTW, $250 to Smile Train can change one child's life, and many young people have taken it upon themselves to solicit funds for this very worthwhile group. Look up Smile Train on the Internet.
2006-10-10 02:34:27 · answer #5 · answered by senior citizen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 01:00:19 · answer #6 · answered by kigar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should any of us have to pay to fight something that we already have the resources to eliminate? World hunger is just a state of poverty that the present administration is not willing to deal with. We have money for wars, and can't feed the poor (Tupac), said it most effectively. How can we send our American troops to foreign countries to fight for democracy for others while our own countrymen and women, and children go hungry? Congress is voting itself huge pay raises, while the poor get poorer and the rich get the poor. This country will have a lot to answer for in the judgement. But, to answer your question, I would donate $5-10 per paycheck if it meant that my fellowman wouldn't have to sleep hungry tonight. God bless you for asking maybe it will stir somoething in people to come together for this cause and act when our government won't.
2006-10-10 02:29:52 · answer #7 · answered by Special K 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not just randomly. I make my charitable donations based on research about what the charity does and what the heads of the charity make each year.
BTW, we, as a nation, give PLENTY of money to charitable causes if those monies were not hijacked by corrupt leaders and greedy workers.
2006-10-10 07:59:02 · answer #8 · answered by Goose&Tonic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Corrupt organizations have made it hard for me and many other hard working Americans to trust their donations will actually go where they are meant to go... to the needy not into the pockets of the board members.
2006-10-10 02:39:46 · answer #9 · answered by !?!?! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I give more than that in charity every year.... ($7 per day is my normal yearly donations)
But I am not into charities for 'world' anything.... I give to US charities or medical charities....
I think everyone should feel compelled to give to charity... it is a proper thing to do... and definately better than forced charity known as welfare systems run by government agencies, which are not what government is supposed to be used for
2006-10-10 02:23:36 · answer #10 · answered by DiamondDave 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋