Cynic or realist

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Cynic or realist?

 

I don’t donate to charities

which may seem mean in others eyes.

 But when I see the fees they pay

 to their fund raisers there’s no way.

A large slice of what we donate

 is swallowed up as sure as fate.

 To pay inflated salaries

 and high administrative fees.

 A small percentage of the whole

will go towards the stated goal.

It’s possible I may be wrong

 but I have been around to long

to swallow their publicity

Which relies on our naivete.

 

7-Mar-08

Reviews

[forfila]

A lot of organizations do indeed swallow our funds in non relative ways... Maybe we need to make a better system...Well I m on board,, get back to me.