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<DIV><FONT size=2>Like Tom, my wife and I have redirected a lot of our
charitable contributions to local charities for which we can see how much goes
to those in need or toward social actions which we support.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Not only do we think that a bigger bang for the buck is had,
we are not deluged by these local charities with emails, expensive mailings, and
phone calls weekly to give more.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>w.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm
href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">Saundra Lund</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 10, 2011 11:49
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: A $50
Lesson</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Thank you, Saundra.<BR><BR>Sidebar to Roger: Not many
employers (make that "none that I know of")<BR>like to hire homeless for one
simple reason. They have NO address. As<BR>such, just how do you
recommend they (homeless) fill out a job<BR>application; especially that part
of the application where it asks for the<BR>applicant's address,
Roger?<BR><BR>There are very VERY few (maybe one or two) national charities to
which I<BR>contribute.<BR><BR>I live by one simple adage . . .<BR><BR>If you
want to help out locally, contribute locally.<BR><BR>For instance: How
much of a 100-dollar donation to the Humane Society of<BR>the United States
reaches the animal shelters here in Moscow . . . versus<BR>a 100-dollar
donation to the Humane Society of the Palouse? It doesn't<BR>cost you a
cent more to contribute locally and (believe me) it
is<BR>appreciated.<BR><BR>Thanks again, Saundra.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow,
Idaho<BR><BR><BR><BR>On Thu, February 10, 2011 11:23 am, Saundra Lund
wrote:<BR>> And, of course, attitudes like that are precisely why the
intelligent<BR>> among us refuse to "trust" that local charity, as
advocated by the<BR>> Unthinking Right, tea baggers, and some so-called
Christians is<BR>> sufficient, and we demand instead a safety net not
dependent on the<BR>> generosity of people like you for the least amongst
us.<BR>><BR>> Because more likely than not, that "homeless" guy is a war
veteran with<BR>> invisible injuries. Or has a heart or other
physical condition that makes<BR>> it impossible for him to do physical
labor without the medical care he<BR>> needs but doesn't have access
to because he manages to make $3000 a year<BR>> in Idaho, which makes
him ineligible for Medicaid. Or he suffers from<BR>> clinical
depression or some other mental illness worsened by morons who<BR>> refuse
to hire him for jobs he can do because he's "mental" and who think<BR>>
that he should pull himself up by his bootstraps which is impossible to
do<BR>> when barefoot. Or he's 75 years old & homeless because
his pension plan<BR>> was raided by greedy people -- like those on the
Unthinking Right -- who<BR>> care only about feathering their own nests
rather than having character,<BR>> which is epidemic in this country
now. Or a thousand other scenarios<BR>> which the Unthinking Right
never thinks about yet finds appropriate to<BR>> make the butts of moronic
jokes like this.<BR>><BR>> Funny, huh, how what you thought was a joke
speaks a lot more about those<BR>> who relish retelling it -- that would be
you, Roger -- than it does about<BR>> political parties or disadvantaged
individuals because fortunately for<BR>> this nation, not ALL Republicans
belong to the Unthinking Right.<BR>><BR>> Thanks, though, for yet
another example I can use when presented with<BR>> "Trust us . . . we'll
take care of the needy in our community, so it's<BR>> safe to gut
government social services to get rid of all that
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