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Things they can't do without 5bn/year. Sometimes you can think about fixing problems, only when you have the resources to do it. Alternatively, its also possib
by pavs 8y ago
Things they can't do without 5bn/year.
Sometimes you can think about fixing problems, only when you have the resources to do it.
Alternatively, its also possible the administration can go corrupt when there is so much money flying around. Non-profits can do mismanagement their funds.
- wallace_f 8y ago$500M in charitable donations to Haiti through the Red Cross seems to have gone missing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15326335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15326335 The average person deserves to know how badly charity, foreign aid, and government programs can often be at improving human welfare. Not always, but often.
- blacksmith_tb 8y agoVery true[1] but I would suggest that the Red Cross is unusually unreliable (I always wince when I see people earnestly recommending them, there are hundreds of NGOs which are more efficient and transparent). 1: https://www.npr.org/2015/06/03/411524156/in-search-of-the-red-cross-500-million-in-haiti-relief https://www.npr.org/2015/06/03/411524156/in-search-of-the-re...
- smt88 8y agoYou're right that it should be a consideration, but Red Cross is an egregious example. Any human organization is inefficient and leaky, though. That doesn't mean we have a significantly better way to fix unprofitable problems than the types of orgs you mentioned.