Yes. maybe people choosing the charity they donate to should use more consideration. And charities should be watched closer scrutiny of where funds go.
While we cannot judge all charity by the standards of one charity and all charities should have their individuals values goals and costs. A high % of the revenue generated should go to the fund which is been catered for. My own opinion is if less then 75% is going to the cause and more then 25% is been paid to employee. The charity begins to lose its charitable standing.
Bill Gates is an exception in that he placed his own fortune to a charity foundation, and with such a massive fortune already donated. There should be little no reason to request more donation.
Let us not forget, Charity is an investment in people, and theoretically an investment in one person offers rewards to all. We have probably all heard the phrase teach a person to fish. This is what I find most repulsive about charities. there seem to work more on the reliance of other people to them and the donation from others.
On the total opposite of the charity scheme to Bill Gates. You have charities coming up now, to adopt a polar bear, on this I wonder, How much of the donation is going to go toward preservation of the polar bear habitat? Are these people trying to reverse global warming to preserve te habitat, Ship up thousand of refrigerators open the doors to cool things down up there? Or save the whale, what are they doing within the oceans to save these whales?
The thing is here. There are charities been set up for every and any animal, for any cause cures for disease, help the hungry, housing, medical and any other reason. And another charity is needed each year.
This leads to a question why? (and on surface observation looks no different to a pyramid scheme.) The present cycle will continue, as nothing is been done to erode the the costs. The underlying thing here, is the inequality of society. And while you think of where the finances go. 8% keeps expanding the difference between themselves and those with less.
The bottom line, We live in a democracy of value, not a democracy of vote, Pretty much like Steemit, We have all sorts whales dolphins sharks Minnows etc. Just like Steemit not every vote is counted with equal value, and the strongest vote holds more power. This is the same for the so called democracy we live, the rights of one individual can outweigh the rights of thousands in some cases hundreds of thousands. A charity for everything is created to avoid changing what needs to be changed.
Right at the core is we live in a capitalist democracy. and the less financial stability a person has, the easier it is to dismiss them.