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They are already under scrutiny for where their Haiti relief funds went. From 2 weeks ago, 170+ comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15326335 https:
by DrScump 9y ago
They are already under scrutiny for where their Haiti relief funds went.
From 2 weeks ago, 170+ comments:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15326335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15326335
- pvaldes 9y agoWould be unfair to compare both situations. Haity has an endemic level of corruption and lack of civil organization. And there are frontiers to cross also. I don't think that red cross had to face the same level of corruption in Texas or would need to bribe texan autorities just to allow moving material from point A to point B.
- hawkice 9y agoConversely, the lack of bribing Texan authorities would explain why a (possibly) similar level of malfeasance led to more criticism and more immediate disappointment. I think, by your reasoning, it _would_ be fair to compare with Katrina response, and they were also criticized for financial mismanagement in their Katrina response.