>When a mere fraction of our spending benefits the actual people in need, wtf are we doing. Giving jobs to the people "worthy" of a non-profit position (unempl

>When a mere fraction of our spending benefits the actual people in need, wtf are we doing. Giving jobs to the people "worthy" of a non-profit position (unemployable anywhere else). Which isn't to say that non-profits are particularly useless, just that a large swath of jobs in the US are just there so that someone's friend or family member or neighbor won't become destitute. If you're not in the network? Tough luck.