Reply #7: Right now people are donating to the Red Cross and other charities [View All]

[SoCalDem]

BUT, they are NOT donating to those poor people they see on TV.. Those are the faces that make us reach for our wallets, but in the end, they will be at the mercy of the charity "businesses". The emergency nature of the evacuation is actually OVER once the people are out of the immediate "harm".. Once relocated they get lip service, and a few hand outs, but only the really savvy ones and the ones who might seek out legal assistance will get much real help.

People do not like to be corralled in places where they are TOLD to live, so the shelters begin emptying as soon as people can manage to get out of them..

The local communities who opened their hearts to the evacuated people will tire of it within a few months, and by then the Red Cross and other charities will be moving on to other disasters..other people..

Those millions and millions of dollars will be "safely tucked away" in the bank accounts of the organizations who pay their CEOs in the 6+ figured are grateful to a generous public, and the poorest of the poor are back in lines at the public assistance offices...just in a different place..